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By Abdulrahman Koroma After a local newspaper first published this article on October 2016, a sierra Leonean researcher and academic, John Benjamin Sesay is still in a state of quandary after his life came under threat as a result of his research activities on the Addax Bioenergy Project in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Ever since the story was published, he has still not nurtured the courage to visit his native land. Below is the story that was published in the SALONE TIMES Newspaper on October 10th 2016: Land Rights Campaigner Fears For His Safety If He Returns To Sierra Leone Academic Researcher, Human Rights, Peace and Security Advocate; Benjamin John Sesay is afraid for his safety if he returns to Sierra Leone. Benjamin who specifically focuses his advocacy on the effects of land grabbing on the lives of landowners in Sierra Leone is presently in Sweden contemplating his home coming. Benjamin first visited Sierra Leone in September 2013 and returned to Sweden after his research in

As a way of giving back to the community, Global Group of Companies and Mariatu Kargbo Foundation have donated building materials to the Maria Polio School at Grafton for the construction of their school as well as learning equipment worth millions of Leones.  The donation took place yesterday at the school grounds on Wednesday 19 th January, 2017. The Chief Executive Officer of the Global Group of Companies Madam Zhang Jinling before presenting the items on behalf of the company and Maria who is currently in China said they believe that disability is just a perception and if they can forget what they have and see what they give there is a brighter future. “Let’s know them for their abilities not their disability as the only disability in life is bad attitude,” she urged all present. Global Group of Companies is the Company that is constructing the Sewa Grounds multi-purpose market.  Madam Zhang went on to say this is the first time Global Group of Companies is making s