Tribute to late Professor Sahr Gbamanja By Augustine Bona The news of Professor Gbamanja's demise has a personal toll on me. It's devastating for many of us who crossed paths with him. On a number of occasions while he was DVC of FBC and I was Pr...

Why a Revaluation - Not a Redenomination - is What Sierra Leone Needs to Strengthen the Leone and Reduce Poverty By Mohamed A. Jalloh (USA) As many of you have undoubtedly noticed, recently the government of Sierra Leone admirably announced its in...

Dr. Ezekiel K. Duramany-Lakkoh, Dr. Ezekiel K. Duramany-Lakkoh, Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Sierra Leone The problem is not redenomination, but how it is implemented. Propone...

Charting a Path for a Resilient Recovery in Sub Saharan Africa By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director and Abebe Aemro Selassie Perhaps first among the many lessons of 2020 is that the notion of so‑called black swan events is not some rem...

By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director Excellent meeting with Sierra Leone President Bio in Washington today (Tuesday). I am a big fan of what Sierra Leone is doing, especially on governance and responding to the crisis. Your priorities t...

Contributed His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio (second from left) has successfully moved for a UN resolution on sexual violence survivors, a historic feat that marks the first time in the history of the United Nations General Assembly, UN...

Commentary How the World Bank Helped the IMF Impoverish Sierra Leone By Mohamed A. Jalloh (USA) Note from author: This copyrighted article was originally published by the author, Mohamed A. Jalloh, on December 10, 2005. It is the second of a twin...

Note from the Editor: The Sierra Leone Police Force, like many African police forces these days, seems to rely more and more on local community resources including traditional anti-crime resources that existed on the continent long before European c...

Ellen Banda-Aaku is a writer from Zambia who has published seven books for children and two novels.She has also produced a radio drama and film documentary. Her first book for children, Wandi's Little Voice, won the 2004 Macmillan's Writers Prize fo...

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (CanadaAfrica.ca) is pleased to congratulate Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his re-election. We recognize and applaud the commitments by various candidates to deepen ties with Africa, including the Pr...