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Sierra Leone just opened its first-ever neonatal intensive care unit, ending decades without specialized care for premature babies. The $50 million maternal hospital will transform healthcare in a country where 1 in 52 women once died in pregnancy.
Fishing communities in Sierra Leone are rejecting poorly farmed fish, but their feedback is driving efforts to improve quality and nutrition standards. Their expertise could transform aquaculture into a trusted food source that complements wild catch.
Eight West African nations are building a new security alliance after declaring that inaction is no longer an option in a region that now sees 44 deaths from terrorism every single day. Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and four other countries agreed to share intelligence, coordinate border security, and hold each other accountable with meetings every six months.
While world leaders gathered to discuss power politics at Davos, Germany's development minister sat at a tiny school desk in Sierra Leone, sharing lunch with students who now get free meals every day. More than 34,000 children in one of the world's poorest countries no longer have to learn on empty stomachs.