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Canada: Trudeau mourns Bill Graham
Statement by the Prime Minister on the death of the Honourable Bill Graham August 8, 2022 Ottawa, Ontario The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, Monday August 8 issued the following statement on the death of the Honourable Bill Graham: “It was wit...


Guinea and the slave trade
As part of the development of the tourist attractions in the province of Boffa, a delegation of the Guinean National Tourist Board led by its Director General, Mrs. Kade Camara (photo), visited last Sunday, August 7, 2022, the district of Farenya wh...


Irish writer Ola Majekodunmi
Ola Majekodunmi is an Irish journalist, commentator, Gaeilgeoir, and creator. Career Majekodunmi started presenting a radio show with Raidió na Life in 2014, presenting Seinnliosta an tSathairn and Afra-Éire. She is a frequent guest contributor o...


Sierra Leone: NSC warns against rumoured demonstration
By Our Reporter Abdulai Caulker, the National Security Coordinator of Sierra Leone has warned against a rumoured demonstration by opposition parties and some civil society activists scheduled for tomorrow Monday August 8, Tuesday August 9 and Wedne...


Call for Applications for Tech African Women program, by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with Betacube
ECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa), in partnership with Betacube, has announced the launch of its first Tech African Women program, inviting female-led idea stage startups from Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania and Tunisia to submit their...


Sierra Leone Arbitration Bill 2022 passed
By Umaru Napoleon Koroma, Deputy Justice Minister, Sierra Leone I am happy to inform my friends in the field of arbitration that the Sierra Leone Arbitration Bill 2022 has been unanimously passed into law by our House of Parliament now waiting pres...


World Bank scales up its financing for food security in West Africa
Some additional 2 million people will benefit from a second phase of the West Africa regional Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2) approved July 29 for a total amount of $315 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing. FSRP...


Sierra Leone: 2023 electoral Calendar
By Charlie P Kallon (USA) Fellow Sierra Leoneans, Today 25 July, 2022. Please read carefully a portion of the Sierra Leone Electoral Calendar, posted to you and note an adjustment of the main section of the Electoral Calendar as follows: 1- MARCH...


Statement by the Prime Minister on the personal apology delivered by His Holiness Pope Francis to Survivors of the residential school system in Canada
July 25, 2022 Maskwacîs, Alberta If you need someone to talk to, a National Residential School Crisis Line offers emotional support and crisis referral services for residential school Survivors and their families. Call the toll-free Crisis Line at...


USL gets CMU-Africa grant
By Alhaji Njie, Freetown, Sierra Leone Our University of Sierra Leone team led by myself and Daniel Chaytor is among three African Universities awarded the inaugural Carnegie Mellon University- Africa (CMU-Africa) inclusive digital transformation p...



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