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S. Leone enacts anti-graft law

afrol News - Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma has apended his signatures on a bill that gives extensive powers to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to combat the entrenched and institutionalised corruption in the country.

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Sierra Leone commits to slam down trafficking

afrol News - Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma earlier this week announced urgent plans to impose stiff penalties on drug traffickers, following a recent major cocaine bust where drugs worth millions of US dollars were confiscated.

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Mangroves in the Casamance (Senegal)

Environment - Nature | Science - Education
The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem

afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.

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