Statement by the Prime Minister on World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture January 24, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, January 24 issued the following statement on the World Day for African and Afrodescen...

Devaluation: A Rich Man's Cure How the Sierra Leone Government Missed the Opportunity to Save Sierra Leoneans from 42 Years of Poverty By Mohamed A. Jalloh, USA Editor's Note: Originally published on April 11, 1979 in We Yone, Freetown, Sierra Le...

PIASA is pleased to announce that Olivia Anani (photo) and Charlotte Lidon will be co-directors of Africa + Modern and Contemporary Art Department from this January onwards. «This double appointment reinforces PIASA's leading role and strengt...

Commentary By Patriotic Vanguard Staff Writers We note, with satisfaction, the visit of the African Union Chairman, Moussa Faki Mahamat (photo) in Freetown on Monday and his meeting with President Julius Maada Bio. Even though he was not in the c...

Strikes by university lecturers in Sierra Leone and other African countries are no longer news. They occur so often that some people now see them as something to expect almost every year. However, some people see university lecturers in Sierra Leon...

By PV Staff Writers Since independence on April 27 1961 and even before that, the village of Yenga in the east of Sierra Leone has always been part of the sovereign state called Sierra Leone. The area, said to be rich in diamonds, was occupied by G...

Contributed Her Excellency, Madam Fatima Bio has on Wednesday 20th January 2021 commenced the distribution of free sanitary pads to school girls within Freetown as part of a nationwide distribution process that will target 60,000 beneficiaries. Th...

Contributed Our investigations of the Auditor General's office in relation to the possible misappropriation of Le 3 billion has unearthed a web of conspiracy to conceal vital information about the unaccounted-for money. We can reveal that from 2016...

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (Swahili pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlius kɑmˈbɑɾɑgɑ ɲɛˈɾɛɾɛ]( 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as Prime Minister ...

Commentary By Dr. Vandy Kanyako, Portland, USA “Land” played a critical role in the founding and shaping (literally) of modern Freetown. The first set of settlers from Europe, North America and the Caribbean were lured to what is now Freetown ...