PV Staff Sierra Leone has never been a victim of the avian flu which ravaged many parts of the world including Africa in 2003, 2020 and 2021. Sierra Leoneans should therefore be thankful for this because it would have added to the devastation caus...

In April 2020, former Mayor Marty Walsh appointed a group of BIPOC leaders to join the COVID-19 Health Inequities Task Force. Frederica M. Williams (pictured) was one of the leaders tasked with developing strategies to address racism as a public hea...

By Dr. Alhaji N'jai, Sierra Leone As we start the process of deactivating our Ebola Preparedness in Sierra Leone following Guinea's declaration of an end to its 2021 outbreak, we convened a high level meeting of the multi-sectoral incident manageme...

Editor's Note: One of our correspondents in Liberia, Dagbayonoh Kiah Nyanfore II, was recently honored by a church in Monrovia, the capital. Here is the story: By Blamo Toe, Monrovia, Liberia As Liberians continue to observe the celebration of Fat...

Joint Press Statement 11th July, 2021 The Anti-Corruption Commission, Sierra Leone (ACC-SL) and Transparency International (TI) Sierra Leone Chapter, Commemorate African Anti-Corruption Day – July 11, 2021. . . . This year, we commemorate the fi...

Commentary By Ibrahim Sorie Thullah (Political Thullah), Freetown, Sierra Leone In a recent video clip, President Julius Maada Bio (centre with cap in undated photo) informed the people of Sierra Leone about his passion for farming and the need to...

Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. His short story "Seventh Street Alchemy" was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in English; Chikwava became the first Zimbabwean to do so. He has been a Charles Pick fellow at the Uni...

By Leslie Koroma, USA The Africa Sports Report Podcast Returns with Special Interview of the Founder/Chairman and Owner of the APO Group Mr. Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard On the Recent Partnership Between the APO Group and Legendary French Club Olympic ...

By Andrew D'Souza, Toronto, Canada With this new funding, we will fund thousands (and soon millions) of founders across the globe from the earliest stage through exit. I know firsthand that starting a business can be hard enough. We want to remove...

This week Masanga Hospital received a delegation from the JHU-Dalan Research Team attached to John Hopkins University. The team consisted of Sheku Bah Turay, Ann-Marie Combay, Jeneba Ruth Swaray, Patrick James Frankly Squireson and Tejan Kamara. Th...