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SLURC in the media

Below are links to recent newspaper articles, TV and radio programmes featuring SLURC.

2019
"Data for development, planning, advocacy" workshop
Global Times: 24 October 2019. 'SLURC Engages Stakeholders' by Lansana Fofana.
Premier News: 24 June 2019. 'SLURC Engages Stakeholders on Use of Data' by Stephen V. Lansana.

"Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone" conference
AYV News: 19 June 2019. Report by Ransford Metzger.
SLBC News Hour: 19 June 2019. Report by Joseph Turay.
Global Times: 20 June 2019. 'SLURC Impresses Government' by Lansana Fofana.
Premier News: 20 June 2019. 'SLURC, Partners Engage Stakeholders on Urban Transformation' by Stephen V. Lansana.
The Whispers: 25 June 2019. 'Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre Transforms Sierra Leone in Full Steam' by Prince Coker.
Radio Democracy 98.1 FM: 19 June 2019. Gud Mornin Salone: Interview with Dr. Joseph M Macarthy.
UCL Global News: 28 June 2019. 'Sierra Leone visit strengthens UCL collaborations in Urban Research'

Radio Documentary
Newstalk: 18 May 2019. 'The Right to a City: Building Urban Resilience in Africa' by Susan Cahill.

Bartlett 100 Celebrations
Bartlett 100: 'Transforming Informal Settlements'.

2018
Publication Launch
Awoko: 16 January 2018. 'Communities need to be involved – SLURC' by Edna Browne-Dauphine.

2017
On the Sierra Leone mudslide disaster
Reuters: 1 November 2017. 'Mudslide in Sierra Leone exposes dangers of Freetown's unchecked sprawl' by Eromo Egbejule.
The Conversation: 5 September 2017. 'Sierra Leone mudslide was a man-made tragedy that could have been prevented' by Dr. Joseph Macarthy, SLURC.
World Politics Review: 23 August 2017. 'To Avoid Future Mudslides, Sierra Leone Must Tackle Unplanned Urbanization' by Jamie Hitchen.
Thomson Reuters Foundation: 17 August 2017. 'How can Sierra Leone learn from mudslide to avert future deaths?' by Kieran Guilbert.
The Guardian: 16 August 2017: 'Sierra Leone: fears of second mudslide as week of national mourning begins' by Rebecca Ratcliffe.

2016
VOA News: 2 November 2016. ''Help Us Upgrade, Don't Evict Us': Sierra Leone's Slum Dwellers Battle for Home'.

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