[Renewal News Network Researchers: December 18, 2025]

In early 2025, international law enforcement and media outlets converged on an extraordinary development: one of Europe’s most-wanted criminals, Dutch cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, widely referre…

[Renewal News Network Researchers: 17 December 2025]

In recent discussions about U.S. travel restrictions, a simplified claim has gained traction: that Sierra Leone’s inclusion on the U.S. visa restriction list is due solely to visa overstays. While ove…

A Reassessment of U.S.–Sierra Leone Historical Interdependence

[A Renewal Research Project | December 7th, 2025]

Abstract

This article examines the founding of Freetown, Sierra Leone, through the lens of African American history and the American plantat…

By Renewal News Network Researchers

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November 4, 2025

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When philanthropist MacKenzie Scott makes the news, it is rarely for personal reasons. Her announcements are anything but small. In the past few months alone, Scott has donated hundreds of mi…

[By Renewal News Network Researchers.]

A fierce debate is underway in Sierra Leone over when the synthetic drug known as Kush first appeared. Some voices, including a few in positions of influence, claim it was already in circulation as early as 2016 or …

January 10 has witnessed several significant events throughout history. Here's a list of some of the most important ones:

49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war in Rome.
1776: Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense," advoc…

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