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    Somali fighters in Kenya spark fears

    An incursion of Somali paramilitaries from Jubaland region sparks fear in Kenya

  2. Somali families turn to social media to find fate of dear ones

    How young Somalians are turning to social media to connect families

  3. Solo-maxxing: are people opting out of dating?

    A new trend is encouraging people to embrace being single

  4. Soldiers in Uganda Caught on Tape Assaulting a Journalist

    Ugandan soldiers assault journalist; a year of BBC Pidgin; Wenger gets award from Weah

  5. Social distancing in Africa's most populous city

    Lagos introduces new measures aimed at contrasting the spread of the Covid19 disease

  6. Sixty-five Nigerian Shia Muslims arraigned in several courts in Abuja

    The arrests come after three days of protests and violent clashes with police

  7. Sixty killed in dynamite blast at gold mine

    Dozens more injured in Burkina Faso after sticks of dynamite in a market blew up

  8. Six African nations to get mRNA vaccine technology

    The new African hub will help the continent acquire self-reliance against Covid

  9. Situation in Sudan 100 days since fight started

    A hundred days since fighting broke out between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces

  10. Situation in Somalia worsens

    The situation in Somalia worsens

  11. Sierra Leonean women stranded in Lebanon

    They say they've escaped abusive employers, but don't have the funds to return home

  12. Sierra Leone’s loitering laws declared discriminatory

    Why did the ECOWAS Court declare Sierra Leone’s loitering laws discriminatory?

  13. Sierra Leone's response to mudslide's victims questioned

    Plan includes making victims pay for their houses.

  14. Sierra Leone's IMF Loan Payments Suspended

    Transfers suspended as government broke disbursement conditions

  15. Sierra Leone's Former President Accused Of Plundering Public Resources

    Report claims former president Koroma oversaw stealing of Sierra Leone's wealth

  16. Sierra Leone: Who is Hawa Hunt and why was she arrested?

    A social media influencer is in jail in Freetown for allegdly making insults

  17. Sierra Leone: protests over the murder and rape of 5 year old Kadija

    According to an autopsy report she died as a result of rape

  18. Sierra Leone: 30-year anniversary of the start of brutal civil war

    Sierra Leone’s civil war lasted 10 years with 50,000 deaths and two million displaced

  19. Sierra Leone votes for new president

    In the capital, Freetown, long queues could be seen at polling stations even before dawn.

  20. Sierra Leone steps up fight against kush

    Sierra Leone announces a special court and task force to combat the illegal drug, kush

  21. Sierra Leone prepares for election run-off

    The country will choose a new president on March 31st

  22. Sierra Leone opposition ends parliament boycott

    Sierra Leone's APC opposition party has finally agreed to take its seats in parliament

  23. Sierra Leone is battling with a 'silent epidemic' of sexual and gender based violence

    Police say the cases of sexual violence has almost doubled in one year

  24. Sierra Leone imposes curfew following protests

    About 130 people have been arrested after anti-government protests in Sierra Leone

  25. Sierra Leone has banned child marriage

    Sierra Leone's parliament this week approved a law banning child marriage

  26. Sierra Leone gives power to the people in a small village

    Bathurst, on the outskirts of the capital Freetown, gets electricity for the first time

  27. Sierra Leone gears up for general elections

    Sierra Leone to hold its fifth election since the end of a brutal civil war in 2002

  28. Sierra Leone facing a youth drug crisis

    Sierra Leone declares an emergency over drug abuse amongst young people

  29. Sierra Leone facing a youth drug crisis

    Sierra Leone declares an emergency over drug abuse amongst young people

  30. Sierra Leone ends death penalty

    Debate is ongoing over what should replace the capital punishment

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