Sierra Leone
AFJN Highlights Community Commitments Following Government Inspection of Baomahun Gold Project
Following its October 2025 face-to-face community townhall with residents of Valunia Chiefdom and representatives of FG Gold…
In the News: AFJN Community Dialogue Featured in The Calabash Newspaper
On October 17, 2025, the Africa Faith and Justice Network’s Just Governance Project was featured in James Tamba Lebbie’s article “Breaking Barriers: AFJN Facilitates Dialogue between FG Gold and Valunia Community” in The Calabash Newspaper.
Historic Community Engagement Meeting in Baomahun Brings Together FG Gold and Local Stakeholders in Sierra Leone.
A groundbreaking community engagement meeting was held in the mining community of Baomahun, Sierra Leone, on October 10, 2025, where FG Gold (a Gold Project that is set to be Sierra Leone’s first large scale commercial gold mine), and local stakeholders gathered to discuss several community concerns arising from the company’s mining activities and its alleged treatment of locals.
Community Voices and Corporate Accountability: After-Event Report on the Valunia Community Engagement Meeting in Sierra Leone
Community Voices and Corporate Accountability: After-Event Report on the Valunia Community Engagement Meeting in Sierra Leone
In the News: Sierra Leone Stakeholders Meeting Featured in Primer Media Group Ltd.
The Africa Faith and Justice Network Just Governance Project’s stakeholders meeting was featured in Matthew Bakarr’s “FG Gold Responds to Baomahun Community Concerns: CRSP Manager Highlights Progress and Commitment” article in Primer Media Group, Ltd.
In the News: AFJN Exe. Dir. on VOA’s Africa 54 about Sierra Leone Former President’s Treason Charge
In the News: On January 5, Dr. Steven Nabieu Rogers, Executive Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network, was interviewed by Esther Githui-Ewart on Voice of America’s Africa 54 “Analysis: Former Sierra Leone President Koroma Charged with Treason.”
AFJN Exe. Dir. Interviewed on Voice of America’s Africa 54 about Sierra Leone President Elect
On June 28, 2023, Dr. Steven Nabieu Rogers, Executive Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network, was interviewed by Esther Githui-Ewart on Voice of America’s Africa 54 “Analysis: Next Steps for Sierra Leone’s President Elect Bio.”
A Diaspora Roundtable with Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Heath Ahead of the Sierra Leone Elections
On May 24, 2023, the Africa Faith and Justice Network, the Healey International Relief Foundation, and the National Democratic Institute cosponsored “A Diaspora Roundtable with Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Heath Ahead of the Sierra Leone Elections.” This virtual event provided prominent Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora (professionals, civil society and religious leaders, etc.) the opportunity to express their viewpoints, concerns and hopes to Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Heath ahead of his visit to the country.
A Problem within a Problem- Discrimination Against Pregnant Students Across Africa
In a place where education can already be so scarce, Sub-Saharan Africa cannot afford to discriminate education…
Fighting Ebola with Garbage Bags
Rather than formal health systems, it was local ingenuity that was crucial in ending the recent Ebola…
Remembering Fr. Gerard G. Furlan, sx, Misionary to Sierra Leone West Africa (1980 – 2000)
“Come good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of your Lord.” (Mt 25:21). On December 11th,…
The State of UN Millennium Development Goals and Implications for Africa
By Julie Albert, Intern Delegates from the 140 member states of the UN convened at a summit…
The Process of Restorative Justice in Sierra Leone
Q&A with Emmanuel Roberts The government of Sierra Leone requested that UN Security Council establish an international…
