Commentary Burning Questions on Covid-19 Omicron Variant and Africa By Alhaji U. N'jai, Freetown, Sierra Leone The discovery of a novel Covid-19 variant (Omicron) in South Africa with significant mutations in its spike protein raises a lot of con...

Over the course of 2021, African tech startups raised $4.42 billion in funding - almost double the record-breaking $2.4 billion raised in the previous year. “With investment in African innovation increasing, so too has the demand for hands-on supp...

By PV Staff A new and welcome trend happening in Africa is the close cooperation and exchange of experiences between Anti-Corruption bodies. There are regional ties like the one narrated below by Francis Ben Kelfala of Sierra Leone (right in photo)...

World Bank support for statistical capacity building and open data initiatives is provided in response to high demand by our member countries, their constituents, and our development partners across the globe. Better data is fundamental to making th...

Louise Erdrich born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954) is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a fed...

Note from the Editor: The work Anton and his colleagues are doing in Southern Africa is massively important and they should be supported by all humanitarians around the world. I particularly like the fact that they train local people everywhere they...

Commentary Another term for the Gambia's ‘accidental president'? By Mattias Sköld, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden On 4 December, the Gambia will hold its first presidential election since Gambians ended the 22-year authoritarian rule of Yahya...

Dr. Alpha Mohamed Lavalie: Honouring a rare gem in Nongowa Chiefdom, Kenema District By Professor Joe Alie, Department of History, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone A Citation Read During the Commissioning of the Dr. Alpha Lavalie Mem...

By President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone Statistics Sierra Leone will start a two-week electronic enumeration of everyone in the sovereign territory of Sierra Leone from the 10th to the 23rd of December 2021. I therefore urge every citizen t...

Anti-Corruption Commission Cathedral House 3, Gloucester Street Freetown Sierra Leone, West Africa Ref: ACC/PR/21/034 25th November, 2021 Press Release ACC indicts Saidu Nallo, Head of Chancery, Dr. Samura M.W Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs a...