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African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat to visit Canada
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (photo), will visit Ottawa from October 26 to 27, 2022. On October 26, Prime Minister Trudeau will meet with Chairperson Fak...


Three reasons why we asked for WASSCE candidates to register with their National Identification Number (NIN)
Public education on Public Education: Three reasons why we asked for WASSCE candidates to register with their National Identification Number (NIN) By Dr David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone 1. It is the ...


2022 Booker Prize Winner from Sri Lanka
Dear reader, The moment we've been building up to all year has finally arrived: the winner of the Booker Prize 2022 has been announced! And it is… Shehan Karunatilaka, for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The award ceremony took place at the R...


Chief Kisimi Kamara of Barri Chiefdom
By Kortor Kamara, Special Correspondent, USA As one of the “Fifty Great Men and Women who Helped to Build our Nation “, so designated by the Government of Sierra Leone, in the Sierra Leonean Heroes publication dated April 27, 1988, Kisimi Kamar...


Luis Horacio Nájera wins 2022 Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship
Award-winning journalist and crime analyst Luis Horacio Nájera is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship, which provides peer mentorship to one member of PEN Canada's Writers-in-Exile program each year. He ...


WHO Director-General's opening remarks at media briefing – 19 October 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Last night I returned from the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, which this year WHO co-hosted for the first time. I was very encouraged to see the level of commitment from leaders from governm...


Lawyer-Advocate and Lawyer-Statesman
By Francis Ben Kaifala, ACC Commissioner, Freetown I was with the New Law School class of 2022 and provided the Orientation lecture on ethical lawyering and I spoke to them about the distinction between a LAWYER ADVOCATE who cares only about his cl...


Five Sierra Leonean students participate in Global Robotics Competition in Switzerland
Five talented young teenagers with various potentials from different schools have represented Sierra Leone at the global stage were among 180 + other countries are participating in a Robotics Competition by using a standard kit of parts to design an...


Sierra Leone - Between examination malpractices, education decadence and social dysfunction
Commentary Sierra Leone - Between examination malpractices, education decadence and social dysfunction By Alhaji U. N'jai, Freetown, Sierra Leone The reality of cheating and fake educational achievements from primary schools through secondary and...


Canada Greener Homes Initiative
By Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada This house is 100 years old, and has been retrofitted by Kitchener's Reep Green Solutions to be as energy efficient as possible. You can do the same with your home – and our government is here to help. ...



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