The Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE was elected by us Freetowneans, & it is only us that can remove her from office through the ballot box. The Min of Local Government, Hon.Tamba Lamina, should just forget about setting her aside. It will NOT happen!!!#FreetowneansWeStandUnited

A new study by Capri Sierra Leone estimates that 43.5% adult S/Leoneans are in need of justice services annually Sonkita Conteh Yakama Manty Jones, PhD (nee Mara) Henry Mbawa @adiranIDRC Open Society-Africa VP Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh Ministry of Finance, Sierra Leone Judiciary of Sierra Leone Basita Michael SIERRAEYESALONE awokonewspaper caprisl.org/post/the-costs…

New article out open access! "Negotiating the Role of Anthropological Evidence in Medical Research during Health Emergencies" We discuss tensions btw public anthro and critique through our experience in the Ebola vax trials with @Shelleylees berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/…

Sierra Leone Elections: Carter Center Calls for Results to be Released by Polling Station Full statement: bit.ly/3NS94X2

Senegal’s fishing vessel list declared a ‘leap forward’ for transparency. Great piece by Mustapha Manneh w/ reflections from Felix Marco Conteh dialogue.earth/en/ocean/seneg…

New paper - we show that miners transitioning from mines to other livelihoods in Sierra Leone are “stuck in transition”; they're neither gainfully engaged in mining, nor in agriculture sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

News article summarising our paper on the challenges and opportunities of Sierra Leone's artisanal miners, as they transition to other livelihoods lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/n…

“Contrary to the spirit of the Act, which envisioned an independent body, the presidential appointment of senior staff, opening the door to a flood of political appointees—wives, relatives, and friends of State House insiders”.

Felix Marco Conteh from Lancaster Environment Centre, together with Professor Roy Maconachie from University of Bath, have published a review of the issues and opportunities mining communities face in transitioning to other livelihoods