Land disputes in Sierra Leone are a complex issue, dating back decades. Weak land tenure systems, rapid urbanisation and population growth, poverty, inequality, corruption and weak governance are some ...

Bora - a type of thank you gift - is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora to landowners to be able to farm on their land.

Africa is a continual target of land-grabbing. Big international corporations are snatching up farmland. A group in Sierra Leone fights for justice. Sierra Leone, in West Africa, is among the poorest ...

FREETOWN, June 2, 2022 — The World Bank today approved a $41.1 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the establishment of an efficient and accessible land administration ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 22 March 2002 The first refugee ...

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Sierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in a second-round runoff to choose their president, the first elections since a U.N. peacekeeping force left the war-shattered West African country ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Bora – a type of thank you gift – is a Sierra Leonean custom of respect that is often used in relation to land. For instance, informal farmers pay bora to landowners to be ...

The first refugee repatriation convoy to use new land routes from Guinea to Sierra Leone is expected to arrive in Sierra Leone on Saturday with 500 returnees. The Sierra Leonean refugees - 151 ...

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, its first since U.N. peacekeepers left in 2005 after helping end more than a decade of brutal civil war ...