Deepa Rajagopalan has won the 2021 RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award. Her short story, Peacocks of Instagram, was chosen ahead of more than 130 submissions by jurors Donna Bailey Nurse, Kaie Kellough and Thea Lim. The RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award ...

By Kortor Kamara, Special Contributor, USA The five-day international conference on inclusive insurance (ICII) 2021, organized and hosted by the Germany-based Munich Re Foundation and The Micro-Insurance Network ended on October 28, 2021. The conf...

Commentary By Alberta Gbatima Bonney (Patewa), USA I recently came across the Sierra Leone Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools. As a current graduate student of Global Inclusion and Social Development I was immediately curious to read this poli...

By Our Reporter A press statement by members of a European Union observer delegation over the weekend has sparked jubilation among opposition supporters and fury from supporters of the ruling government. Social media platforms frequented by Sierra ...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today (Sunday, October 31) concluded his participation at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rome, Italy, with a focus on the urgent priorities of protecting the environment and fighting climate change and biodiversity lo...

By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone Today, the EU delegation paid me a courtesy call. They commended our governance and rights reforms. We assured them that the 2018 elections recommendations made by the EU Observers will be strongly co...

Commentary By Dr. David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone I had the privilege of joining the entourage of H.E President Bio last weekend as he toured communities in Kenema District. Beyond many tangible and val...

Contributed One year ago, the COVAX facility was launched, with the support of France, to ensure equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine as a global public good. As President Emmanuel Macron (photo) has pointed out on numerous occasions (United Na...

Sponsored Content By Dr Yahya Kaloko, USA Love him or hate him, lawyer Abu Bakarr Kalokoh (photo) epitomizes the Biblical/Islamic Joseph/Yusuf and David/Daud of our times. He espouses goodwill even to those who hate and fight to vanquish him in pu...

By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone Another promise made and delivered! My Government has just approved and authorised the Attorney General to lay in parliament a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Sierra Leone that will allow dual...