June 30, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario Women and girls have been disproportionately affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to roll back the hard-fought social and economic progress that they've made. The Government of Canada is committed ...

Contributed Dr Paul Tengbe (pictured) was born in 1950 and started his education at the Methodist primary school in Segbwema (eastern Sierra Leone) where his father was Headmaster. He attended the Methodist Secondary School Kailahun, then proceeded...

By Our Correspondent Three days ago the World Bank offered a 50 million dollar grant to the government and people of Sierra Leone to support urban development and disaster risk management. Sierra Leone's urban communities are in need of all sorts ...

Frederica Williams (photo), originally from Sierra Leone, has been featured in the one of America's biggest newspapers, the Boston Globe for her work as President and CEO of the city's Whittier Street Health Center. The center has a mobile clinic t...

How we can reclaim the strength of Sierra Leone? Speech Delivered by Francis Ben Kaifala, Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the Republic of Sierra Leone, at the Canadian College of Modern Technology, Mile 91 at 24th June, 2021. Int...

The committee tasked with reviewing the current Criminal Procedure Act started work at a retreat in Sierra Leone today. The Deputy Minister of Justice, Umaru Napoleon Koroma (first from left in photo) was at the event. Here is his statement: Statem...

By David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone This week, the Cabinet of Sierra Leone approved the National Policy on Integrated Early Childhood Development. It is the first time we have such a policy and I am proud...

Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs on closure of Hong Kong newspaper, Apple Daily June 23, 2021 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Marc Garneau (photo), Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement (Wedne...

Contributed Well known Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmed Tejan Sillah of the Freetown Central Mosque passed away this morning. May the Almighty Allah forgive his sins and grant him Aljannah. Ameen. Editor's Note: Here is the late Chief Imam delivering ...

By Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General Vaccine inequity has demonstrated that in a crisis, low-income countries can't rely on vaccine-producing countries to supply their needs. Delighted to announce with my brother President Cyril ...