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Brazil vessel carrying cocaine worth over 150 million euros intercepted by French Navy

A Brazilian vessel carrying more than 4.6 tonnes of cocaine worth over 150 million euros ($157.4 million) was intercepted last week by the French Navy off the coast of Sierra Leone, the Europol international police agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Africa can be the global engine of economic growth and Britain must help

In the Sixties my late mother travelled from Sierra Leone to London to train as a nurse. Today, I am travelling to Kenya on my first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as Foreign Secretary.

Evening Standard

Antonio Rüdiger: ‘Never count Germany out – anything can happen’

Defender tells Jacob Steinberg about ‘scary’ Brazil, leaving Chelsea for Real Madrid and donating his World Cup earnings to help children in Sierra Leone

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Lost and found: how a single clue led to the rediscovery of a crab not seen for 225 years

The label on a specimen of Afzelius’s crab, a species last seen in 1796, simply said ‘Sierra Leone’. Scientists headed to the country to see if they could find the land-dwelling crustacean

The Guardian - UK

Where Steven Caulker is now after Tottenham start, Liverpool loan and international switch

A decade after making his one and only appearance for the England national team, Steven Caulker has gone in a different direction with his club and international football career

Daily Mirror

A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda

Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.

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UN chief says Ethiopia 'spiralling out of control', calls for end of fighting in Tigray

The United Nations sounds the alarm about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia.Calls for a ceasefire go unheeded as government forces seize control of a key city. Also, a lockdown comes into force in two districts of Uganda as Ebola cases rise. We report from neighbouring Rwanda on the attempts to…

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Sierra Leone journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay dies at 85

Journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay, who covered Sierra Leone for The Associated Press for nearly four decades including the country’s brutal civil war and the Ebola epidemic that killed thousands there, has died

The Independent UK

The scourge of sexual violence in West Africa, unveiled

When Zougba’s husband fled the jihadist violence crippling Burkina Faso, she soon found herself with her young son, daughter and other women on the road in a mission to join him. After 10km, four armed men surged into view from the side of the road. Her children bore witness as…

The Conversation

Houghton vet who cared for dogs owned by homeless people will travel to West Africa to help other street dogs

Rebecca Dobinson has supported dogs owned by homeless people in the North East and volunteers as a vet for Street Paws. And now she is travelling to West Africa to ease the suffering of street dogs and join the fight against rabies

Chronicle Live

The Tiafoe Effect: US tennis star has big impact in Africa

Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa last year coaching tennis to kids

The Independent UK

7 of the Queen's milestone tours and visits as she travelled the world

The Queen was a very busy traveller during her time on the throne, and visited countries across the world including Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Canada and Gambia

Daily Mirror

Helene Elliott: ‘We got some more’: Frances Tiafoe’s stunning US Open run isn’t over yet

NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe’s improbably wonderful American dream reached new heights on Wednesday, when the son of immigrants from Sierra Leone advanced to the semifinals of the US Open with a dynamic and decisive victory over Andrey Rublev of Russia. He celebrated with screams of pure joy, which were…

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Frances Tiafoe finds his American dream in stunning upset over Rafael Nadal

NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe's parents left war-torn Sierra Leone for a better life in the United States. His mother, Alphina, was a nurse and often worked two jobs. Frances Sr. became a day laborer on a crew building the Junior Tennis Champions Center, a training complex and school in…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Explosion of violence’: Sierra Leone picks up the pieces after protests

At least 21 protesters and six officers have been killed as anger over the soaring cost of living spins out of control

Asharq Al-Awsat

Location of 1st Ship to Leave Ukraine Carrying Grain Unknown

The first grain ship to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal has had its cargo resold several times and there is now no information about its location and cargo destination, the Ukrainian embassy in Beirut said Monday. The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni, which left Odesa on Aug. 1, and moved…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ship Carrying First Ukraine Grain Cargo Nears Syria

The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago was approaching the Syrian port of Tartus on Sunday, two shipping sources said, after the vessel had been sailing with its transponder off. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni set sail from Ukraine's…

Reuters

Sierra Leone president says protests aimed to overthrow the government

Sierra Leone's president, Julius Maada Bio, said on Friday that this week's anti-government protests, which led to the deaths of six police officers and at least 21 civilians, were an attempt to overthrow the government.

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Freetown in shock after dozens killed in Sierra Leone protests

Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous day's clashes as shocked citizens stayed mostly behind closed doors in the capital Freetown.

Reuters

At least 13 civilians killed in Sierra Leone protests, say mortuary staff

At least 13 civilians were killed in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, during anti-government protests on Wednesday, staff at the city's main mortuary said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Buyer Cancels Order of Ukrainian Shipment After 5-Month Delay

A Lebanese buyer refused to accept a grain cargo from Ukraine, citing a delay in delivery terms, announced the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut. The Razoni, the first ship to depart Ukraine under an UN-brokered deal, left the port of Odesa on the Black Sea in August, carrying 26,000 tons of…

Reuters

Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew amid deadly anti-government protests

Sierra Leone's leadership announced a nationwide curfew on Wednesday in response to violent anti-government protests that it said had caused an unspecified number of deaths, including among the security forces.

Asharq Al-Awsat

1st Ukraine Grain Shipment that Was Expected in Lebanon Heads to Mersin

The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni, the first ship to leave Ukraine, has docked in Turkey rather than Lebanon, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The ship, which left on Aug. 1, was due to dock in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli on Sunday.

Reuters

Sierra Leone passes new laws to boost landowners' rights

Sierra Leone's parliament on Monday passed two laws that lawyers say will help boost the rights of rural landowners and women against land grabs by big mining and agribusiness firms.

France 24

Putin and Erdogan call for ‘full implementation’ of UN-backed grain deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for the “full implementation” of a UN-backed deal to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian Black Sea ports after a four-hour meeting in the Russian resort of Sochi. Moscow and Kyiv earlier traded blame for strikes at Ukraine’s…

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