“We shouldn't wait for development to end child labour. On the contrary, ending child labour is key to sustainable development.” says ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, Cynthia Samuel Olonjuwon. With 92 million gir...

PV Staff Sierra Leonean journalist Gibril Foday-Musa (pictured) has passed on in Freetown Sunday June 12th. The death was announced on social media by his younger brother Teddy Foday-Musa. Gibril was very popular and highly respected. Soft-spoken ...

Yrsa Daley-Ward is an English writer, model and actor. She is known for her debut book, Bone, as well as for her spoken-word poetry, and for being an "Instagram poet". Her memoir, The Terrible, was published in 2018, and in 2019 it won the PEN/Acker...

PV Staff Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced on social media that the recent federal budget, targets investments to help make life more affordable for Canadians facing real financial pressures and rising costs...

Mobilizing collective action for a sustainable ocean economy By Dr Angela Lusigi, UNDP Resident Representative in Ghana on World Ocean Day Our oceans, an important source of food and livelihoods and an intrinsic part of our culture and heritage ar...

By David Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone In 2018, President Bio promised to "initiate discussions towards the reintroduction of Family Life Education in Schools". Today and tomorrow, the Ministry of Basic and...

In the 6th (2021) and 7th (2022) editions of the National Professional Awards program conducted by the African Consulting Group, Sinneh T. Moijueh (photo) received the special honour of being among the top 100 professionals in Sierra Leone. He is n...

The American International University in West Africa has conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone in recognition of her outstanding humanitarian and philanthropic interventions acros...

The World Bank on Thursday June 2 approved a $41.1 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the establishment of an efficient and accessible land administration system in Sierra Leone. The project will help strengthen the...

Contributed My take on the census and the ongoing debate by the opposition: By Anonymous, Freetown On the Census and it's outcome ( provisional results) perhaps a few questions need to be posed: Did the government (or Parliament) pass the necess...