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Nigeria qualifies for first ever U-19 Cricket World Cup
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Mar 24 (ANI): Nigeria secured a first-ever spot in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2020 as it defeated Sierra Leone by two wickets on the final day of the Africa qualifying tournament in Namibia.
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Sierra Leone scraps China-funded airport deal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], Oct 12 (ANI): Sierra Leone has cancelled plans to build an airport with China's help in the outskirts of the country's capital, Freetown, saying it was economically unviable.
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FIFA suspends Sierre Leone FA over "government interference"
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Zurich [Swaitzerland], Oct 06 (ANI): The Bureau of the FIFA Council on Friday suspended Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) with immediate effect owing to what the governing body of world football claims to be "government interference."
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Bill and Melinda Gates co-host Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 27 (NewsVoir): United States: Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-hosted the second annual Goalkeepers events on September 25 and 26 to highlight the remarkable progress toward the reduction of extreme poverty, and the need to acce
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Julius Maada Bio elected as Sierra Leone 's President
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], April 5 (ANI): Sierra Leone election commission on Thursday declared the main opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio as the nation's new President.
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Sierra Leone mudslides claim over 500 lives, leave nearly 800 missing
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], August 25(ANI): The head of Sierra Leone's disaster response of the Office of National Security, Ishmael Tarawalie, has confirmed that at least 500 people have lost their lives from the devastating mudslides in Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone declares seven-day mourning for mudslide victims
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], August 16 (ANI): Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a seven-day state mourning in honour of the victims of a devastating mudslide by terming the disaster as the worst in Africa over the past two decades.
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Massive mudslide in Sierra Leone, over 200 dead
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], August 14 (ANI): More than 200 people have been buried after a massive mudslide in mountain town of Regent, on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown have turned streets into virtual rivers.
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