ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 19, 2016/ -- Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is up and to avoid excluding opposing voices if elections are to cease
As people around the globe observe Earth Day on April 22, world leaders are making history at the United Nations in New York. Over 100 countries will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change. This
The deliberate failure of the central government to pay attention to the issues affecting the Bonthe Sherbro Island has left it to be isolated and forgotten in the country. (Photo: Remains of Paterson Zochonis (P.Z).
Freetown April 14 2016: The Chief of the Standing Police Capacity (SPC) in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), Ms. Maria Appelblom, said this week that Sierra Leone has made impressive gains in community
Over the weekend, the University of Sierra Leone conferred Degrees and Awarded Diplomas and Certificates to over 200 female graduands from the two constituent colleges. (Photo: Mrs. Veronica Aisha ElkassSannoh during the graduation ceremony at
A tribute marking the 10th Anniversary of the Passing Away of my Father By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) My childhood memories of my father are ephemeral, figuratively speaking. I saw him seldom. Father was a professional
… Thanks to NATCOM Chairman Momoh Konte One of the leading mobile phone operations in the country - Airtel Sierra Leone - at the weekend extended its network coverage to Mongor and Falaba-Sulima chiefdoms in the
Member of Parliament for Constituency 063 in Gbonkolenken Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, Hon. Dr. Abdulai Bundu Daniel Sesay, has recently commissioned the newly constructed Patefu Mayawa Community Centre. Hon. Dr. A.B.D. Sesay, well done The MP commissioned
The Minister of Political and Public Affairs and her Deputy yesterday quelled down a demonstration organized by members of the Sierra Leone Commercial Motorbike Riders in Freetown. According to the Union’s Public Relations Officer, Samuel Sesay,
The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Local Government and Rural Development is currently investigating embezzlement scams swirling over the nineteen councils in the country. (Photo: Chairman Hon. Abu S.A.T. Koroma middle and rest of the Members) The
The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Mr. Charles Rogers, has disclosed that despite the devastating effect of the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on the national economy for sixteen (16) months,
Joan Clos (in photo) is the Executive Director of the Nairobi-based United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). In this interview with Newton Kanhema for Africa Renewal, Dr. Clos talks about the effects of urbanization in
City transforming from chaos of traffic congestion, rickety buses and pickpockets n oft-told tale of Lagos’s once-notorious traffic jams is that of a taxi passenger stuck in a snarl-up who left the vehicle, wandered into a
PLAN INTERNATIONAL SIERRA LEONE HOSTS DR. CHRISTIANA THORPE AND PROFESSOR FELIXTINA JONSYN–ELLIS IN THE 1ST AND 2ND TALK SERIES OF THEIR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE THIS YEAR In line with Plan International Sierra Leone Country Director’s
The newly approved Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Mr. Sidi Yaya Tunis and other senior officials of his Ministry recently received 105 tourists via a tender from a cruise ship that berthed at Aberdeen
