Sierra Leone Patriotic Vanguard
Guinean government commits to ending violence against children and women
Press release translated by The Patriotic Vanguard Nearly two weeks after the celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, Prime Minister Mohamed Béavogui signed two commitments of the Government of...
Inuit writer Norma During
Norma Dunning (born 1959) is an Inuit Canadian writer and assistant lecturer at the University of Alberta, who won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2018 for her short story collection Annie Muktuk and Other Stories. In the same year, she won the W...
UNDP recognizes Praise Nutakor for outstanding leadership
Contributed
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana has recognized and awarded its Head of Communications and Partnerships, Ms. Praise Nutakor, for outstanding leadership and service towards the attainment of the Sustainable Develo...
‘Grasp this opportunity', Guterres says, following announcements by Ethiopia and Tigray forces
In the wake of recent developments in northern Ethiopia, UN Secretary-General António Guterres (photo) on Saturday urged warring sides to seize the opportunity to bring an end to more than a year of fighting in the Tigray region.
Mr. Guterres has ...
Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dead at 90
Note from Editor: Here is a report on the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and r...
Another promise fulfilled by President Bio
By President Julius Maada, Bio of Sierra Leone
Today (Thursday, December 23), I switched on the CLSG Electricity Interconnection line at Tiloma. Kenema and Bo will from this day on enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply.
As a Government, sustainab...
Canada: Prime Minister releases new mandate letters for ministers
PV Staff
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada recently released new ministerial mandate letters as guidelines on how to perform their duties or what is expected of them. Not many governments around the world do this, while some those that do cal...
New book by Professor Emeritus Eustace Palmer
Book Title
Africa An Introduction
Book Description Africa: An Introduction invites you into Africa: a continent rich with culture and history, with diverse populations stretching from the dense tropical rain forest of the Congo basin, right up to ...
Sierra Leonean male model Uthman Bangura
Sierra Leonean male model Uthman Bangura...Someone to watch!
By Kwame Cumalé Fitzjohn, PV Special Contributor, USA
On Dec 1, I was in Istanbul on what should have been a few hours layover from DC en route to Sierra Leone, my homeland. My transit,...
Guinea: Upsurge in violence against girls and women
Guinean authorities must take immediate measures to ensure thorough and impartial investigation of recent rapes and sexual assaults followed by murders committed over the course of just eight days and bring perpetrators to justice, Amnesty Internati...