Contributed Under the Leadership of President Bio, Yoni Mamaela Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District is set to have a state of the art factory that would be constructed by Miro Forestry Agricultural Company. The owners will be transforming agricultu...

From Royal family website As we mark the UN's 16 Days for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, The Queen Consort welcomed guests - including survivors of abuse, charity representatives, politicians, and ambassadors for the cause - to Buckingh...

By Dagbayonoh Kiah Nyanfore II, Special Contributor, Monrovia, Liberia The most talked about US midterm congressional election was held last Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Control of the Senate was made clear last Saturday night, showing the Democrats ...

Women who are in prison for violent offenses have usually committed the violent act in response to domestic and/or sexual abuse. Defenses of self-defense often fail women with a slow-burn reaction to violence. If you want to read more about women...

By Ousmane Diagana World Bank Vice President, Western and Central Africa Region Each day, an estimated 137 women worldwide are killed by a family member, and 52 of those killings occur in Africa. Gender-based violence is preventable, but it will ...

Tayeb Salih (July 1929 – 18 February 2009) was a Sudanese writer, cultural journalist for the BBC Arabic programme as well as for Arabic journals, and a staff member of UNESCO. He is best known for his novel Season of Migration to the North, consi...

Contributed On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women ( today November 25), His Excellency Lansana Gberie, Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Switzerland (centre in photo) met with the Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Ri...

As part of efforts to promote Destination Guinea, the Director General of the Guinean National Tourist Board, Mrs. Kade Camara, accompanied by His Excellency Grand P, the great Iron Biby (World Heavyweight Champion) and some executives visited the L...

A new study by UNODC and UN Women shows that, on average, more than five women or girls were killed every hour by someone in their own family in 2021. The report comes ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on ...

Commentary By Heba Habib, Nordic Africa Institute While Western nations push for a united African position on the war in Ukraine, many factors need to be understood about African choices, Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) researchers say. They list fo...