ECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa), in partnership with Betacube, has announced the launch of its first Tech African Women program, inviting female-led idea stage startups from Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania and Tunisia to submit their...

By Umaru Napoleon Koroma, Deputy Justice Minister, Sierra Leone I am happy to inform my friends in the field of arbitration that the Sierra Leone Arbitration Bill 2022 has been unanimously passed into law by our House of Parliament now waiting pres...

Some additional 2 million people will benefit from a second phase of the West Africa regional Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2) approved July 29 for a total amount of $315 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing. FSRP...

By Charlie P Kallon (USA) Fellow Sierra Leoneans, Today 25 July, 2022. Please read carefully a portion of the Sierra Leone Electoral Calendar, posted to you and note an adjustment of the main section of the Electoral Calendar as follows: 1- MARCH...

July 25, 2022 Maskwacîs, Alberta If you need someone to talk to, a National Residential School Crisis Line offers emotional support and crisis referral services for residential school Survivors and their families. Call the toll-free Crisis Line at...

By Alhaji Njie, Freetown, Sierra Leone Our University of Sierra Leone team led by myself and Daniel Chaytor is among three African Universities awarded the inaugural Carnegie Mellon University- Africa (CMU-Africa) inclusive digital transformation p...

Members of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, Ms. Michaela Eddinia Swallow, Anthony M. B. Aruna and Sheku A. T. Tamu, have taken oath of office after their recent appointment by His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio (seen in undated p...

Today (July 19) We Remember A Selfless Journalist and Politician: Ibrahim Bash Taqi (1934-1975) Thanks, @deMonk75 for sharing the piece about the impact of modern-day cybercrime legislation on free speech and freedom of information. Today is the 1...

What makes me tick: Viola Nilah Nyakato on pregnant girls being shut out from school We've asked Nordic Africa Institute scholars why they chose a career as a researcher and what motivates them in their work. Viola Nilah Nyakato (photo) talks abou...

By Assem Abu Hatab, senior researcher, the Nordic Africa Institute Apart from being a humanitarian tragedy, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has also emerged as an exogenous shock to global food supply chains, with severe consequences for many African ...