[Daily Trust] A former bodyguard of Sierra Leone's ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma, Amadu Koita Makalo, has been sentenced to 182 years in prison for his role in a failed coup last year.

[Concord] Senior officials from the Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) engaged members of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information to discuss three flagship policies aimed at protecting filmmakers, establishing a national...

[Concord] On Friday, July 20, 2024, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Government of Iceland, Haikal Foundation, and Aberdeen Women's Centre, officially handed over a state-of-the-art fis...

[The Point] About 100 academics have signed a letter of support denouncing death threats and harassment orchestrated against Africanist Press editor and Northwestern University-trained historian, Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah.

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Civil Society Organizations from the Mano River Region, specifically Liberia and Sierra Leone, reaffirm their commitment to combating sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

Swiss mining company Glencore has launched the ProAc project (https://apo-opa.co/4c6hTp6) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), aiming to promote economic diversification, financial inclusion and food security in the region. The initiative,...

From the Window of a Plane By Andrei Voznesensky From MOSAIC In the world of friends, where travel is slower, What do you do there, in the world of rain? Who shares the segments of your tangerine? Which exams do you take again? Or, mistress, ...

Things We Carry on the Sea By Wang Ping We carry tears in our eyes: good-bye father, good-bye mother We carry soil in small bags: may home never fade in our hearts We carry names, stories, memories of our villages, fields, boats We carry scars ...

By Shai Reshef, Founder and President at University of the People When remote learning became more widespread during the pandemic, many people saw it as a temporary measure. However, remote and online learning options can be really beneficial for ...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)'s Board of Directors appointed Thibaut Bruttin (photo) as the NGO's director general during a meeting on 9 July. Bruttin succeeds Christophe Deloire, who died on 8 June 2024 and had led RSF for 12 years. Bruttin seeks...