AllAfrica News: Sierra Leone

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia/Freetown -- As Liberia and Sierra Leone continue their fragile recovery from years of civil conflict, a series of high-profile prosecutions and disciplinary actions in both countries is raising alarm among civil society groups and regional observers about a possible rollback of free speech and political dissent.

[This Day] Giants of Africa, a non-profit founded by sports executive and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate, Masai Ujiri, has unveiled its 47th and 48th community basketball courts as part of its Built Within initiative.

[The Conversation Africa] If today's young people are tomorrow's leaders, they will inherit not only the world's problems but also the tools and ideas to solve them. One of the biggest changes they will face is a changing climate. This means hotter days, more intense storms and floods, longer droughts, and big changes in where and when rain falls.

[FrontPageAfrica] BO WATERSIDE -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has broken ground for the Western Corridor Road Development Project, declaring Liberia's poor road network "intolerable" and pledging accelerated infrastructure expansion to connect the country and drive economic growth.

[New Dawn] Member states of the Mano River Union (MRU) have adopted a joint communiqué in Freetown, pledging stronger transparency, accountability, and regional cooperation following the 16th Ordinary Session of the Technical Commission on Administration and Finance.