As the Sub-Saharan African economy struggles to recover from the 2020 recession induced by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the region now faces new economic growth challenges, compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The World Bank's lat...

By Dr Angela Lusigi, UNDP Resident Representative in Ghana on World Water Day The 2022 edition of the World Water Development report entitled “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible” which is due to be published today (March 22, 2022) to coi...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland last Thursday read a budget at the House Parliament that covered a wide range of issues including child care, the job market, housing and of course the war in Ukraine which has a direc...

By Dr. Alhaji Njai, Freetown, Sierra Leone Ancestral knowledge in the wake of my Neneh's (my mother's) passing was gained from my visits to meet community elders in Koinadugu and Falaba Districts, northern Sierra Leone. Amadou Hampate Ba once said...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today (April 11) issued the following statement on the upcoming Royal Tour of Canada by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall: “This spring, Canada will have the pleasure of wel...

Cherie S A Jones was born in 1974. She received a LL.B degree from the University of the West Indies, Barbados, in 1995, a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, St Augustine, Trinidad in 1997 and was admitted to the Bar in Ba...

Keynote remarks by His Excellency, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, at the formal plenary of the 2022 National Health Summit, Freetown, 7th April 2022. The Honourable Vice President, Ministers of Government, Honourab...

The PhD Scandal: President Bio Must Act Now Dear President Maada Bio, Good Greetings Sir. This is the first time I am writing an open letter to a President of Sierra Leone. Mr. President, I have never addressed you directly or indirectly nor have ...

Contributed Dr. Lauretta Will Sillah, one of Sierra Leone's outstanding academics, philanthropists and one of the three founders of Destiny Christian Academy and head of a 600-pupil elementary school in her native Moseilolo, Bagruwa Chiefdom, Moyam...

By Oulimata Sarr, Regional Director, West and Central Africa, at UN Women We are delighted to welcome Mrs Manty Tarawalli, Minister of Gender and Children Affairs of Sierra Leone to Senegal. South South cooperation is critical in advancing gender ...