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Isha Johansen: Championing Grassroot Football in Sierra Leone

Mrs. Isha Johansen is a Sierra Leonean born in the year 1965, into the family of Tejan-Cole of Creole descent. She was formerly known as Isha Tejan-Cole until she married her husband, Arne Birger Johansen a Norwegian Consul in Sierra Leone. She has been tagged the iron-lady of Sierra Leone, following her dedicated efforts to reach the peak in the African football federation. She was born of a football lover, Isha’s father is the cofounder of East End Lions F.C. in Freetown and one of the patriarchs of Sierra Leone football association. Isha had been initiated into the club of sports enthusiast while she was still a little girl. Her father usually carried her to the fields and she witnessed many live matches, she also practiced by playing with her brothers and friends. Isha had a bond with football and her heart ached at the terrible state of football status…

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Building Trust in Your Relationship

As a relationship gets older, trust is often times misplaced or misunderstood. Most times because of the fact that majority of us before getting into a relationship do not take out time to know how much trust means to you and your partner and we also do not take out time to communicate our expectations in the relationship to one another. Before you can build trust it is important to take out time to know the mindset your partner is bringing into the relationship or the expectations he has concerning the relationship. When these have been achieved trust becomes easier to build. Here are 8 ways to build trust in your relationship. Trust is Earned: do not assume that trust already exists in your relationship rather constantly work to earn it by being conscious of our actions and how it affects the people we care about. Keep Secrets: this doesn’t…

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Jordan: Women Imprisoned to Escape Honour Killing

An estimated 65 per cent of more than 1,700 female inmates in Jordan’s prisons are held under the 60-year-old law, according to the Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI), a women’s rights charity. In a secret shelter in the Jordanian capital Amman, 52-year-old Fatima runs a hand over the scar that has shaped her life. Almost 30 years ago, her father shot her and her sister to “cleanse the family’s honour” after her younger sibling got pregnant out of wedlock and he deemed it necessary for both daughters should pay the price. “When they shot my sister she died,” said Fatima, who declined to give her real name for fear of reprisals. “When they started on me, our neighbours informed the police… I remained in the hospital for six to seven months, then the police came and put me in prison.” Fatima remained in prison for 22 years under a law…

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Ivanka Trump to Lead US Team for Entrepreneurship Summit

The upcoming 3-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been tagged “a big event”, with the presence of US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump. Business leaders from across the globe, along with entrepreneurs and investors, will be in attendance. India and the US will co-host the three-day event. The American delegation will be led by Ivanka. A US official confirmed that the event slated for November 28 will have “high-level” participation from the Government of India. The Prime minister is likely to be in attendance following his tweet on the subject. “Look forward to Ivanka Trump’s presence at GES 2017 Hyderabad as the leader of the US delegation,” Modi said in a tweet last week. He said the event is aimed to bring together entrepreneurs of the two countries. The leader of the United States delegation Ivanka Trump also said…

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