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Canada: $10 a day for child care
By Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that without access to early learning and child care, parents – particularly women – can't fully participate in the workforce. Affordable child care means that mor...


Zambia: Life after Edgar Lungu
Patience Mususa (photo) is a Zambian anthropologist and researcher who is based at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. Patriotic Vanguard Editor and Publisher Gibril Koroma called her from Toronto, Canada and asked her some questions on...


Dr. John Davies-Cole passes on
National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) Washington DC Press Release August 15, 2021 The National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America (NOSLINA) announces with profound sorrow the untimely and sudden passing ...


Digital information service helps small-scale farmers respond to COVID-19
By Edward Echwalu, IFAD Access to accurate and timely information is crucial for farmers all around the world, and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many farmers rely on digital services, especially those delivered through platforms access...


Ghanaian writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a Ghanaian-British writer and editor who has won acclaim as a children's author, poet, broadcaster and novelist. Winner of multiple international awards including the ACRAG award, his novel Tail of the Blue Bird won France's tw...


New book by Professor Emeritus George Carew
By Mallam O, Publisher, Sierra Leone Writers Series Book title: Reflections on Philosophy, Politics and Post-Colonial African Society Description Using Prof Prof. Fodei J Batty's words from the Foreword: "In this volume, the eminent Professor ha...


Currency redenomination challenges and implications in Sierra Leone: An economic policy analysis perspective
Dr. Ezekiel K. Duramany-Lakkoh, Dr. Ezekiel K. Duramany-Lakkoh, Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Sierra Leone The problem is not redenomination, but how it is implemented. Propone...


Sierra Leone: Party Secretary defends APPA
PV Staff The Secretary-General of the ruling party in Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), Mr. Umaru Napoleon Koroma (photo), has declared that the All Political Parties Association (APPA), a group of political parties that came tog...


Interview with ONE's Justin McCauley
ONE (also known as ONE Campaign) is known around the globe principally because of one of its founders, Bono the musician. It describes itself as a nonpartisan, non-profit advocacy campaign organisation with a focus on extreme poverty in mainly poor ...


Kickstart your career with a Nesternship!
According to the International Labor Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected labor markets around the world, hurting young people more than other age groups. Even before the pandemic, it was always quite challenging for the average...



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