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Ghana: How Far Can the Ebola Crisis Go?
Written by Charles Mensah
Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and parts of Nigeria are literally in the Ebola hemorrhagic fever lock-down. For months, these West African countries have been battling the contagious Ebola virus disease which has claimed over 1000 lives and left at least 2000 infected with the disease. Ebola is a deadly disease with no known medical […]
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Sierra Leone Women To Boycott Polls Unless Given Right To Own Land
Written by ArriannaMarie
When the Future Challenges Team put out a call for local views on International Women’s Day, I thought long and hard. The first issues that came to mind were African women’s access to land, food security and poverty reduction- all related, especially within the contexts of governance and development. My […]
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Diagnosing the Problems of Education in Africa
Written by Daniel Adebowale Bello
The educational system in Africa used to be the envy of the western world, but what has changed? Why is education so expensive these days when it should be free? At one stage I read about the University of Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay College) not being able to provide the […]
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The Effects of Dead Seaweed On Sierra Leone’s Beaches
Written by Daniel Adebowale Bello
The advent of democracy in Sierra Leone has opened up many opportunities for all sectors of the economy. The involvement of the United Nations, the European Union and NGOs from around the world in rebuilding the country after over a decade of civil war gives hopes for a brighter future […]
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Democracy and the Environment: The Mutant Effects.
Written by Daniel Adebowale Bello
Ecological issues are a matter of survival for almost all developing countries where we have communities that are disadvantaged in all facets of life. In India lately, I have seen protest marches staged against infrastructure projects and what is generally considered as “development”. The past four years in India have […]
