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2022 Booker Prize Winner from Sri Lanka
Dear reader, The moment we've been building up to all year has finally arrived: the winner of the Booker Prize 2022 has been announced! And it is… Shehan Karunatilaka, for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The award ceremony took place at the R...


Luis Horacio Nájera wins 2022 Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship
Award-winning journalist and crime analyst Luis Horacio Nájera is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship, which provides peer mentorship to one member of PEN Canada's Writers-in-Exile program each year. He ...


WHO Director-General's opening remarks at media briefing – 19 October 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Last night I returned from the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, which this year WHO co-hosted for the first time. I was very encouraged to see the level of commitment from leaders from governm...


Lawyer-Advocate and Lawyer-Statesman
By Francis Ben Kaifala, ACC Commissioner, Freetown I was with the New Law School class of 2022 and provided the Orientation lecture on ethical lawyering and I spoke to them about the distinction between a LAWYER ADVOCATE who cares only about his cl...


Five Sierra Leonean students participate in Global Robotics Competition in Switzerland
Five talented young teenagers with various potentials from different schools have represented Sierra Leone at the global stage were among 180 + other countries are participating in a Robotics Competition by using a standard kit of parts to design an...


Sierra Leone - Between examination malpractices, education decadence and social dysfunction
Commentary Sierra Leone - Between examination malpractices, education decadence and social dysfunction By Alhaji U. N'jai, Freetown, Sierra Leone The reality of cheating and fake educational achievements from primary schools through secondary and...


Canada Greener Homes Initiative
By Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada This house is 100 years old, and has been retrofitted by Kitchener's Reep Green Solutions to be as energy efficient as possible. You can do the same with your home – and our government is here to help. ...


Afua Cooper honoured at SFU
By Professor Afua Cooper I am thrilled to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the wonderful Simon Fraser University. Special thanks to my nominator Dr. June Francis for her recognition of my dedication to black studies, academia, my commu...


Ottawa: G7 leaders pledge continued support for Ukraine
G7 Leaders' Statement October 11, 2022 Ottawa, Ontario We, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), convened today with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Our meeting took place against the backdrop of the most recent missile attacks against ...


Sierra Leone: Excellent BECE pass rates
The 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) saw a pass rate of 84.05% in Language Arts, 87.75% in Mathematics and Integrated Science had the highest pass rate (87.78%), which is the best BECE result in recent memory. The BECE result was...



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