The second Wilberforce Lecture of 2008 will be delivered at Holy Trinity church on Friday 21st November 2008 at 5.30pm by the Foreign Secretary, Rt. Hon David Milliband M.P..
His subject will be “Russia in a changing world”.
At the same event the Wilberforce Medal for 2008 will be awarded posthumously to Anna Politkovskaya, the campaigning journalist of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, who was assassinated...
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Upcoming Events & News
Hull City Council has been shortlisted for 2008’s LGY&H ‘Making the Difference’ Awards in the ‘Looking Beyond our Shores’ category for... The Mayor of Freetown, Cllr Herbert George Williams, will visit Hull for Hull’s 2nd annual Freetown Day celebrations. Mayor Williams is particularly... As the 1st anniversary of the departure of the Freedom Trail draws ever close 2 of the Freedom Trail photographers have mounted an exhibition of their...
Freetown Life
Staff at a clinic in the coastal slum of Kroo Bay, in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, are keeping a diary of their working lives for the BBC News... Sierra Leone’s reggae diva Khady Black performs Mr. Government. Filmed on location in Kingston Upon Hull - UK. As Sierra Leone’s first... Mobile phones of all type this day are common in Freetown and the desire for it is mounting especially among young people, there is great competition... This is the highly acclaimed track from Barmmy Boy. HIV Dangerous has been a big hit for Barmmy in Freetown. He hopes the track will influence and educate...
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The Wilberforce Institue for the study of Slavery and Emancipation is calling for papers for a fothcoming conference. WISE is making a call for papers... The project is set to forge a creative exchange between children and young people in the twinned cities of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Hull. At the heart... African civil wars are often brutal and long. But Sierra Leone’s descent into chaos was horrifying even ... Did Someone Die for That Diamond? Some diamonds have helped fund devastating civil wars in Africa, destroying the lives of millions. Blood diamonds...
Education
Hull partner schools back from FreetownPosted by: MattHull schools visit Freetown partnersPosted by: MattEducation in Sierra LeonePosted by: Jon RobsonThe war has caused huge damage to the education infrastructure; 70 per cent of the country’s schools were destroyed or occupied by the rebel group the... Freetown battles sports day violencePosted by: Jon RobsonThe authorities in Sierra Leone have started a campaign against a recent spate of violence linked to inter-school sporting events. Fighting between...
Development
Sierra Leone: Building PeacePosted by: Jon RobsonFREETOWN (AFP) — The Environmental Forum for Action, one of the most influential activist groups in Sierra Leone, called Monday on the government to... After years of brutal civil war and foreign donations, a former aid worker is trying a new approach at national regeneration Like many of the foreigners... British private equity investors are turning their attention to Sierra Leone, the West African country that is trying to recover from its decade-long...
Freetown News
The Women of Sierra LeonePosted by: Jon RobsonThe stadium was jammed to capacity with thousands of fanatics expecting nothing but glory and on another day that it mattered most, Leone Stars, the darlings... A royal navy ice patrol ship HMS ENDURANCE and the British High Commission will today commence a joint seminar on climate change and environmental protection... Ban Blood Diamond - The filmPosted by: Jon RobsonFreetown - While the 2007 Hollywood movie Blood Diamond still pulls big crowds into Freetown’s movie halls, Sierra Leone’s new promotion agency...
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The second Wilberforce Lecture of 2008 |
The second Wilberforce Lecture of 2008 |
Local Government Yorkshire & Humber ‘Making the Difference’ Awards |
Freetown Day 2008 |
Freedom Trail 1year on. |
Kroo Bay - slum clinic diaries |
Mr. Government - The New Khady Black |
Young People and Mobile Phones In Sierra Leone |
HIV Dangerous // Remix |
The civil war in Sierra Leone |
What are Blood Diamonds |
Hull partner schools back from Freetown |
Hull schools visit Freetown partners |
Education in Sierra Leone |
Freetown battles sports day violence |
Sierra Leone: Building Peace |
Activists seek fresh ban on Sierra Leone timber exports |
Private sector approach to solving the problems of Sierra Leone |
British private equity investors see hope in Sierra Leone |
The Women of Sierra Leone |
Leone Stars edge closer to African Nations Cup |
Sierra Leone: British Ship Holds Green Seminar
Ban Blood Diamond - The film | 





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