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CategoriesMigration & Climate Change Victims Support

Surviving the Journey: Stories of Sierra Leone’s Returned Migrants

In Sierra Leone, the realities faced by returned migrants can be harrowing. The BBC program The Assignment sheds light on the powerful stories of Fatmata Bangura, Alimamy Kargbo, and Jemilatu Sheriff, who pursued a dream of reaching Europe but endured unimaginable suffering before returning home. Fatmata’s Ordeal: At 28, she faced repeated sexual abuse, torture, […]

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Sheku Bangura: The Journey from Migrant to Advocate in Sierra Leone

Sheku Bangura’s story is a compelling narrative of resilience and transformation. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sheku chased the promise of a better life through a perilous migration route that led him across Mali, Algeria, and Libya. Despite facing detention and hardships, he returned determined to create positive change. Now the leader of Advocacy Network […]

CategoriesMigration & Climate Change

Migrants as Messengers has completed its three-year mission.

The three-year Migrants as Messengers (MaM) project, a peer-to-peer awareness-raising initiative that gave young people in West Africa the power to decide for themselves whether to migrate, has officially come to an end. Sheku Bangura, the executive director of the Advocacy Network Against Irregular Migration, noted during the event that the three tactics were used […]

CategoriesEnvironment Migration & Climate Change

WASUP raises public awareness of the risks posed by single-use plastics.

Sheku Bangura, the Executive Director of the Advocacy Network Against Irregular Migration and the Chief Pan African Ambassador of the World Against Single-Used of Plastic (WASUP) has started a campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of single-use plastic, which he said continues to exist in Sierra Leone and pose a serious threat to people, […]