I am Elody Mendy from Manduar Village in the West Coast Region of The Gambia. I am 24 years old and come from an extended family and still live with both my parents. I completed
I am writing to personally thank you for helping to make this year one of the most transformative in my personal and professional life. In just 12 months, I was able to go from a
Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the United States of America H.E. Bockari Kortu Stevens today presented American/Sierra Leonean historian, Professor Joseph A Opala with his Sierra Leonean passport. The impressive ceremony took place at the conference
Culture Radio 104.5 FM on 24 Fort Street in the capital of Freetown in collaboration with Bread for the World; a German based organization embarked on a three year project on the theme: “Radio work
UK-based Sierra Leonean scholar Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw (in photo) was recently commissioned by UNESCO to contribute a module on Humanitarian Journalism to the revised UNESCO Journalism Education Model curricula: A Compendium of New Syllabi
The world has been mourning the death of Nelson Mandela who passed away on December 5, 2013. Since his death, superlative words, concepts, and metaphors—all deserved—are being used to describe him; his vision for equality,
First ever Sports Ministers Summit and landmark initiatives announced at second edition of global forum DOHA, Qatar, December 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Doha GOALS 2013 will be remembered for the series of firsts that
The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Monday 9th December observed this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day with a quiz competition and No Bribe campaign in Makeni with the theme; ‘Take No Bribe;
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE – On December 10, the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) directed MCC to continue working with Sierra Leone on its compact development process through a more limited engagement, in parallel
The Human Rights Commission in collaboration with the Human Rights Working Group on Tuesday 10th December, 2013 celebrated International Human Rights Day on the theme: ‘20 Years Working For Your Rights’ at the Atlantic Hall,
Today, Friday December 13th, on Al Jazeera’s global talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi will celebrate the life of Nobel Prize laureate and former South African president Nelson Mandela. (Photo: Redi Tlhabi by Grant Difford) “With South Africa in
It remains the same MEMS entertainment complex on Azzolini highway in Makeni, but this time with a complete shady view for another take on 24 hrs entertainment calendar. MEMS is the only liberal, environmentally friendly,
Reports reaching this medium indicate that prisons all over the country are presently unfavorable for the inmates because of overcrowding which is a recipe for the commission of crimes and the spread of diseases. This was
The Lifeline Betteh Tumara Technical Vocational Training Institute at Kuntorloh in Wellington, on Saturday, December 7 this year graduated 36 students in Auto Mechanics, Building and Construction, Metal Works, Hair Dressing and Cosmetology and Electrical
The 5th of December, 2013, marked the commencement of a two day inception workshop and the launching of a scheme called Reducing the Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation [REDD +] and capacity building project