Contributed His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has been welcomed by His Excellency President George Weah in Monrovia, Liberia, for the formal launch today 14 February 2022 of the year-long commemoration of the country's bicentennial anniv...

PV Staff Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner H.E Kati Csaba on board the HMCS Goose Bay and HMCS Moncton (photo). The VP observed that Sierra Leone and Canada continue to enjoy excellent diplomatic relatio...

Chapters Sneak Peak Acknowledgement For this book, there are several people and institutions that we would like to thank. Without their timeless efforts and support, it would not have been possible for us to complete this journey. We would like t...

Contributed Members of ruling the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) were in Kono over the weekend where they joined thousands of dignitaries and ordinary folks of Gbense Chiefdom in Kono District to pay final respect to the departed Paramount Chie...

Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Fatima Maada Bio (pictured) received an unprecedented grand welcome in the opposition 'stronghold' of Bombali District, when she arrived in that part of the country on Friday Februa...

Biography Esi Edugyan was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta; her parents were immigrants from Ghana. She studied creative writing at the University of Victoria, where she was mentored by Jack Hodgins. She also earned a master's degree from Johns H...

World Bank Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa, Ousmane Diagana (second from left in photo), has successfully engaged His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and senior government officials as part of his official tour to Wes...

By Angela Lusigi, Accra, Ghana On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, let us recognize significant progress. According to UNESCO Science Report 2021, one in three researchers in science globally is a woman. In Africa, 30% of scienc...

On Friday February 4, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada made the following statement on the ongoing Winter Olympics in Beijing, China: “Today marks the start of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. This event represents an opportunity for a...

By Yusuf Keketoma Sandi Esq., Freetown, Sierra Leone Following the end of the tenure of H.E President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa as Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism, it was the turn of the West Africa Region to occupy the chair...