By Linda Amiani This photo was shot at Senkwekwe orphanage in DRC's Virunga National Park - the only one of its kind in the World. The work that André Bauma (pictured) and his colleagues do in this, Africa's oldest park, is some of the most impor...

The civic space in Nigeria is increasingly becoming restricted, particularly after the indefinite ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government. The development has affected CSOs in Nigeria, as the government pushes for bills that violate citizens righ...

By Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada High-quality, affordable child care is a necessity – and at the College of the North Atlantic, we announced that we've reached an agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador to make $10 a day child care a r...

By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone On the margins of the Global Education Summit, I had a zestful and productive meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. We had a forward-looking and reassuring discussion on strengthening our relation...

By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone At the Global education summit today, I shared with the world the progressive reforms we have undertaken in Sierra Leone. We will continue to increase financing, expand access, and promote girl's educa...

Ichor Blood Services, a private lab specimen collection company based in Calgary, Alberta has added quantitative COVID-19 spike protein antibody testing from the Mayo Clinic to its portfolio of privately available tests in Canada. The newly availabl...

During the previous weeks new long term volunteers arrived in Masanga Hospital. Dr Tom will take over from Dr Hanna as resident of the Global Health Tropical Medicine (GHTM) postgraduate training. We welcome Dr Tom and wish Dr Hanna goodbye. The Me...

The Ministry of Finance has today Wednesday 28th July 2021 hosted the signing of a sixty-eight (68) Million Dollars project which the Government of Sierra Leone has secured to finance the Sierra Leone Education Sector Support Project (SLESSP) for bo...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (has) completed the third and fourth reviews of Sierra Leone's performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF). Completion of these reviews enables the IMF to...

Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu writes to Amanuel Asrat on his 50th birthday. Translated by Issayas Beyene. I'm stuck where to start. I'm also anxious that I'm knowingly writing you a letter you cannot receive or respond to. I hope that, one day, though ...