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CODESRIA College of Mentors book
By Prof. Abdul Karim Bangura, USA
Our CODESRIA College of Mentors book titled Multidisciplinary Explorations of Corohysteria Caused by the COVID-2019 Pandemic, published by the very prestigious Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, has been list...
Sierra Leone: Speaker rules on riot by MPs
Ruling By Rt. Hon. Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu, Speaker of Parliament On The Riotous Behaviour of Some Members of Parliament in the Chamber of Parliament on 23rd November 2022
A. Background
1. At its sitting on Wednesday, 23rd November 2022, Parliamen...
Factory for Yoni Mamaela
Contributed
Under the Leadership of President Bio, Yoni Mamaela Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District is set to have a state of the art factory that would be constructed by Miro Forestry Agricultural Company.
The owners will be transforming agricultu...
Queen Consort invites First Lady of Sierra Leone to Buckingham Palace
From Royal family website
As we mark the UN's 16 Days for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, The Queen Consort welcomed guests - including survivors of abuse, charity representatives, politicians, and ambassadors for the cause - to Buckingh...
USA: Results of the mid-term elections 2022
By Dagbayonoh Kiah Nyanfore II, Special Contributor, Monrovia, Liberia
The most talked about US midterm congressional election was held last Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Control of the Senate was made clear last Saturday night, showing the Democrats ...
Research on violence against women in Sierra Leone by Advocaid and Cyrus Vance Centre
Women who are in prison for violent offenses have usually committed the violent act in response to domestic and/or sexual
abuse. Defenses of self-defense often fail women with a slow-burn reaction to violence. If you want to read more about women...
Let's take a stand
By Ousmane Diagana World Bank Vice President, Western and Central Africa Region
Each day, an estimated 137 women worldwide are killed by a family member, and 52 of those killings occur in Africa.
Gender-based violence is preventable, but it will ...
Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih
Tayeb Salih (July 1929 – 18 February 2009) was a Sudanese writer, cultural journalist for the BBC Arabic programme as well as for Arabic journals, and a staff member of UNESCO. He is best known for his novel Season of Migration to the North, consi...
Sierra Leone Ambassador joins others on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Contributed
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women ( today November 25), His Excellency Lansana Gberie, Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Switzerland (centre in photo) met with the Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Ri...
Iron Biby visits Guinea
As part of efforts to promote Destination Guinea, the Director General of the Guinean National Tourist Board, Mrs. Kade Camara, accompanied by His Excellency Grand P, the great Iron Biby (World Heavyweight Champion) and some executives visited the L...