Abdulrahman Matar is a Syrian-born writer, journalist, poet and novelist. He is a member of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile group, the Syrian writers' Association, and the Writers' Union of Canada. He came to Ontario as a refugee in 2015. Matar is the...

In Ghana, most communities often have to find ways of coping with loses arising from major hazards such as fire, flood, drought, road accidents, pest infestation and diseases. These phenomena are being worsen by changes in climate conditions that ar...

By Dr. Charles Quist-Adade, Vancouver, Canada On this auspicious day (September 30), as we congratulate Canada's Indigenous Peoples, it is worth noting that, First Nations Peoples share a common history of European dispossession and exploitation wi...

By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone In Washington DC, we finalised a $25M grant for sustainable school-feeding with USDA. Over $20M in catalytic grant funding for education at GP for Education and discussed infrastructure, energy, and a...

Not by Carrot Alone: Do High Salaries Help Fight Corruption in Public Office? By Vitaliy Protsenko, Economic Analyst, Kyiv, Ukraine Increase of salaries for civil servants and public sector are part of almost all programmes of anti-corruption refo...

Statement by the Prime Minister on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: “Toda...

Tribute to late Professor Sahr Gbamanja By Augustine Bona The news of Professor Gbamanja's demise has a personal toll on me. It's devastating for many of us who crossed paths with him. On a number of occasions while he was DVC of FBC and I was Pr...

Why a Revaluation - Not a Redenomination - is What Sierra Leone Needs to Strengthen the Leone and Reduce Poverty By Mohamed A. Jalloh (USA) As many of you have undoubtedly noticed, recently the government of Sierra Leone admirably announced its in...

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...

Charting a Path for a Resilient Recovery in Sub Saharan Africa By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director and Abebe Aemro Selassie Perhaps first among the many lessons of 2020 is that the notion of so‑called black swan events is not some rem...