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A 15-year-old Sierra Leonean teen built batteries and a radio station from scrap partsA young innovator named Kelvin Doe from Sierra Leone built batteries, generators, and a radio station using discarded electronics. He salva...- Indian pharma firms flood west Africa with powerful opioids despite crackdown: AFP investigationIndian pharmaceutical firms are exporting millions of dollars worth of powerful tapentadol opioids to West Africa, fueling a deadly drugs e...
- Turkish Airlines suspends flights to 23 cities — check the full list and if you are affectedTurkish Airlines has stopped flights to 23 cities due to fuel problems and war impact. Many routes are paused for now and may start later t...
- Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru join global effort to protect residents from extreme heatThree Indian cities, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, have joined a global coalition of 33 metropolises under the Cool Cities Accelerator ...
- Travel's not always about Insta-worthy placesThe author travels from Sierra Leone to Guinea. Freetown is chaotic and friendly. The journey to Guinea shows poverty and pollution. Bribes...
- Snowfall leads to school closings, delays in Massachusetts, New Hampshire on Monday: Complete list hereForecasters have predicted slow morning commute across several areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. As per the National Weather Servic...
- US reporter Gershkovich to go on trial in Russia on June 26The trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who faces espionage charges in Russia, will begin on June 26, 2024. The trial will be held beh...
- COP28 pledge to curb cooling emissions backed by 63 countriesThe Global Cooling Pledge marks the world's first collective focus on climate-warming emissions from cooling, which includes refrigeration ...
- Sierra Leone under curfew after military armoury attackedWitnesses told AFP they heard gunshots and explosions in the city's Wilberforce district, where the armoury is located along with a number ...
- Ninety-nine killed in fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capitalFuel still appeared to be leaking from the wrecked tanker on Saturday morning as police and soldiers tried to clear large crowds of onlooke...
- 99 of 100 cities most at risk environmentally in AsiaAcross the globe, more than 400 large cities with a total population of 1.5 billion are at "high" or "extreme" risk due to some mixture of ...
- EU welcomes Indian participation for its proposed connectivity projects worth 60 bn Euros“The EU is working on a proposal worth 60 billion euros for seven years for connectivity initiatives and would welcome suggestions from Ind...
- Europe, Japan, US, UAE prefer India for joint infrastructure projects in AfricaThe UAE, France, Germany, UK and Italy are in talks with India to launch joint projects in Africa owing to India’s goodwill created by fund...
- Africa cancels a Belt and Road Initiative project for the first timeSierra Leone has scrapped plans to build a China-funded airport, becoming first African nation to shun BRI.
- Sierra Leone Football Association officials arrested by anti-graft agencyLEONE-FOOTBALL-CORRUPTION:Sierra Leone Football Association officials arrested by anti-graft agency
- India assures all assistance to Ebola-hit Sierra LeoneIndia today assured Ebola-hit Sierra Leone that it will provide all assistance to help the west African country battle with the deadly dise...
- Jindal Group eyes debt-ridden London MiningJindal Group is considering a last-minute move to acquire the debt-ridden UK firm London Mining, a media report said today.
- ABG Shipyard, Sierra Leone in bauxite mining ventureThe Sierra Leone Exploration Mining Company (SLEMCO) and Indian ABG Shipyard company will begin mining in the northern town of Port Loko, 1...
- 'Yes We Can' -- traders, comics, towns cash in on Obama-maniaFrom publishers in nearly every country in the world to Japanese comedians and African t-shirt sellers, the audacity of hope knows no bound...
- Tourism gives war-hit Sierra Leone new hopeIn the heyday of the 1980s more than 30,000 people visited every year, many of them arriving by helicopter and checking into exclusive beac...
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