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Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership
Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership February 23, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario “It is in the shared interest of the United States and Canada to revitalize and expand our historic alliance and steadfast friendship to overcome the daunting challe...


British Writer and Historian David Olusoga
David Adetayo Olusoga OBE (born January 1970 is a British historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contribut...


Sierra Leone: Anti-Corruption Commissioner receives major award
By Francis Ben Kaifala, ACC Commissioner, Sierra Leone I am pleased to be named by the Secretary of State of the United States of America an inaugural "INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CHAMPION" Honouree, in recognition of my “outstanding commitment...


Opinion is not enough in journalism
Collecting sensitive information like bank statements and dumping them in the public domain is not enough in journalism but it is just what it is : Dumping. I think it is also playing Julian Assange or Edward Snowden. Even Assange and Snowden looke...


Freetown: Williams family launches scholarship fund
The family of Boston CEO Frederica Williams have launched a scholarship fund in memory of the late Mrs. Matilda Effehsochee Williams (photo) at the Mother's Union School in Freetown to support 12 students and three teachers at the school on Tower Hi...


Canada imposes sanctions on Myanmar
Canada imposes sanctions on Myanmar military officials in response to coup d'état February 18, 2021 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today (February 18) announced that in response ...


Time to resolve the Sierra Leone Mining Company issue once and for all
By Gibril Koroma, Editor and Publisher, Toronto, Canada The impasse between the Sierra Leone Mining company which is interested in the iron ore at the Marampa mines in Lunsar, north of Sierra Leone, and the Sierra Leone government has dragged on fo...


Ambassador Maria Brewer says goodbye to President Bio
By PV Staff Writers One of the most loved and perhaps most effective American ambassadors that have ever served in Sierra Leone, Ambassador Maria Brewer, is leaving the country at the end of her tour of duty. This is the normal thing to do in the ...


Black History Month: US publication features Frederica Williams of Sierra Leone
By Gibril Koroma Ethnic Online, a US publication based in Boston, has featured has featured Sierra Leonean-born Frederica Williams this month as part of it's celebration of Black History Month. In his article, Leonard Webb, one of the online magaz...


Becoming a Sierra Leonean
By Dr. Adrienne T. Hunter Becoming a Sierra Leonean citizen as a Black American of the diaspora is a moment of "stand still" in time. I have always dreamed of my ancestors' journey and what better way to reverence them than to come home? Sierra L...



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