Minister of Mines Uses New Customary Land Laws to Get More For Rural Landowners A $476 million investment into Sierra Leone’s iron-ore-rich Northern Province offers new hope that rural communities will reap the rewards of the region’s considerable mineral deposits. The challenge for this West African nation has always been…
The recent bill passed is a leap towards inclusion of women rights in Africa making them contributors to economies as part of the region's new development plan.
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Sierra Leone s parliament on Monday passed two laws said to boost the rights of rural landowners and women. One of the laws will also end a provision that bars descendants of freed slaves locally known as Creoles from owning land outside the capital, Freetown.