Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster (born 1963/64) is a South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher, and law lecturer. Life Fenster was born in South Africa to a Jewish family. Her father was a psychiatrist. One of five children, she descri...

Soaring inflation rates have seen an increase in the number of poor people in developing countries by 71 million in the three months since March 2022, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) alerts in a report released today. As interest rates rise in r...

By Francis Ben Kaifala, ACC Commissioner, Sierra Leone Today (Wednesday), we received our primus partners, the Acting Auditor-General(Mr. Abdul Azziz) and the Audit Service Sierra Leone. We had fruitful discussion on our continued concerted effort ...

Contributed On Wednesday July 6, at Statistics Sierra Leone headquarters, the Chief Electoral Commissioner and Chairman of the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone Mohamed Kenewui Konneh and the Statistician General of Statistics Sierra Leone Prof...

Commentary Moscow will have to choose either butter or guns By Josep Borell Fontelles, HRVP Are the sanctions against Russia useful? Yes, they are already hitting Vladimir Putin and his accomplices hard and their effects on the Russian economy wi...

Can I be Arrested for Protesting? April 1, 2016 - By PEN Canada Montreal Student Protest by Doug Tanner This Know Your Rights guide is the third in a series aimed at helping you understand your legal rights to free expression and privacy. The Kno...

Special commentary Advantages of Proportional Representation system By Prince Williams, UK The Proportional Representation (PR) system offers a better hope that decisions will be taken in the public eye and by a more inclusive cross-section of so...

By Alhaji Njie, Freetown Happy to be a research, career and life skills mentor for medical students at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences. Research and development are critical for health systems strengthening and building thriving...

By Oulimata Sarr, Regional Director, UN Women UN Women has been present in Sierra Leone since the UNIFEM days. This week, we had the opportunity to see first hand the achievements of many of our partners during the women's Fair. It was so inspirin...

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Friday July 1 launched the redenomination of the Leone at the Central Bank and urged financial institutions in the country to extend loan facilities to citizens with low-interest rates. “The technic...