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GABI To Host Flagship ‘Unstoppable Africa’ 2025 Forum In New York As Continent Pushes To Shape Global Markets
Africa is setting its sights on taking charge of its economic destiny as global markets face mounting volatility and old trade frameworks falter. The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) will convene its flagship “Unstoppable Africa” 2025...

Hilda Baci win Guinness World Record for largest serving of 'Nigerian style' jollof rice
Guinness World Records don confam Hilda Baci attempt for largest serving of Nigerian style jollof rice. Dis dey come afta thousands of Nigerians on Friday 12 September bin gada for Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to watch as di former Guinness World...

How to watch Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game today, TV channels, team news
The Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest live stream ushers in the return of the EPL season after the recent international break. Arsenal suffered a 1-0 loss to Liverpool before the World Cup qualifiers. That was a disappointing result for Mikel Arteta's...

Highligts and goals of Sierra Leone 2-0 Ethiopia in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
END OF BROADCAST Thank you for joining us for the coverage of the Sierra Leone vs Ethiopia match, corresponding to Matchday 8 of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Stay tuned to all the latest sports news on Vavel.com. See you next...

Sierra Leone Falls to Rwanda in U16 AfroBasket Championship
Sierra Leone’s U16 basketball team suffered a tough defeat against host nation Rwanda in the FIBA U16 AfroBasket 2025 Championship, with the final score standing at 65–47 in favor of the home side. The game, played in Kigali, saw Rwanda’s Hugo...

Surviving the Anthropocene: Urban Climate Resilience and Disaster Management
We are living in the Anthropocene, a geological epoch defined not by natural cycles but by the significant impact of unabashed human activity. The disruptive consequences brought about by this epochal age are most evident in our cities. As hubs of...

Sierra Leone’s kush crisis, conscience on pause
Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 September 2025: Sierra Leone is faced with a silent epidemic that is destroying lives and threatening the very foundation of our future: our young people. This epidemic is the Kush crisis, a cheap drug...

From Bijilo To Freetown
The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) has emerged as a driving force in shaping the region’s fiscal future. Since 2011, it has brought tax leaders and partners together through annual High-Level Policy Dialogues and General Assemblies...

Sierra Leone Champions Information Integrity at West Africa Regional Conference
Sierra Leone has reinforced its dedication to promoting media freedom, access to public interest data, and the fight against misinformation at the Regional Conference on Information Integrity in West Africa and the Sahel, held from September 3 to...

77th Emmy Awards 2025 Ceremony Live Streaming: Date, Time, Hosts, When and Where To Watch Emmys 2025 Online and on TV in India and Your Country
It’s time for the Emmys! The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards 2025 will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2025. The prestigious awards will honour the best on primetime television in America. Shows and content that aired from June 1, 2024, to May 31,...

Global Solidarity Hub brings activism, sustainability and social justice to Ploughing
Six humanitarian organisations are coming together to create a global community of changemakers at the Global Solidarity Hub this week at the Ploughing Championships.in Offaly Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale...

Makeup Artist Mary Yei Yongai Named Honorary Global Ambassador by International Beauty Fashion Association in New York
Sierra Leonean makeup artist Mary Yei Yongai, a Guinness World Record holder for the most makeup applications in 24 hours, has been officially appointed as the Honorary Global Ambassador for the International Beauty Fashion Association’s (IBFA)...

Murder of priest in in Sierra Leone a ‘dark moment’
Fr Augustine Amadu (CNA/Kenema Diocese) The brutal killing of a parish priest in Sierra Leone has been described as “a dark and painful moment for us as Church and people”. Source: Crux. Kenema Diocese priest Fr Augustine Amadu was killed on the...

NIMD Launches Capacity-Building Training on Legislative Monitoring for CSOs and Media
Monrovia, Liberia – September 11, 2025: Twenty representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) and media institutions are participating in a three-day capacity-building training on legislative monitoring, organized by the Netherlands...

Newcastle v Wolves Live TV – Global channel listings on Saturday
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v Wolves Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Saturday (3pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to get their first win of...

Sierra Leone Ushers in New Criminal Procedure Act 2024, A Leap Toward Sustainable Justice For All
On his widely followed Facebook page, Sierra Leone’s youngest Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Alpha Sesay Esq., announced on Tuesday, 2nd September 2025, that the new Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), 2024 will come into effect on 16th...

U16 Afrobasket: Ngabonziza drops 17 points as Rwanda beat Sierra Leone

Duvone Stewart, Freetown Collective join Stacey Sobers for Rhythm of a People
Features Newsday Reporter 45 Minutes Ago Ta'Zyah O'Connor - THERE is a moment – just a beat, a bassline, a lyric – when a song does more than entertain. It resurrects memory. It grounds you in the now. It catapults you into legacy. That moment...

Is Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Bio, Pregnant? Social Media Video Sparks Debate
A video circulating on Facebook has stirred conversation across Sierra Leone after it appeared to show the country’s First Lady, Fatima Bio, with a noticeably protruding stomach, prompting speculation that she may be expecting a child. In the...

Lauren Daigle, The Chee-Weez, C.J.Chenier and more live music in the Acadiana area this week
FRIDAY ZYDECO JAM: Bayou Teche Brewing, Arnaudville, 4 p.m. LIVE MUSIC: Cane River Pecan Company Pie Bar, New Iberia, 5 p.m. MARLON G.: Prejean’s, Broussard, 6 p.m. AUDREY BROUSSARD: Charley G's Seafood Grill, Lafayette, 6 p.m. BURRIS: Adopted Dog...