Sierra Leone’s mineral deposits represent major opportunities for both potential investors and the country to derive significant benefits. The mining sector has been the backbone of the country’s economy since [Read more]
In March 2018, President Julius Maada Bio was elected president of Sierra Leone in a fiercely contested elections, in which the majority of voters refused to endorse the Koroma led [Read more]
Yesterday, Friday 22nd February 2019, the Parliament of Sierra Leone debated and approved with some dissenting voices, a presidential proclamation on the commission of rape against women, girls and babies [Read more]
The Declaration of a State of Emergency by H.E. Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio in an attempt to seemingly address the increasing spate of the incidence of rape, has raised [Read more]
With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the National Youth Service (NYS) yesterday trained over fifty corp members on sexual reproductive health and rights and the demographic dividend [Read more]
A basic principle of democracy is that parties have to accept that their opponents are sometimes going to win. Fight the election hard, maybe even bitterly, but at the end [Read more]
“We would be hypocrites if we just continued to talk about the effects without looking for the causes. If today we have people coming from Africa it’s because some European [Read more]
Youth in Action for Development (YAD), a voluntary youth serving agency based in the eastern administrative capital of Kenema, has on Saturday, 12th January, 2019 inaugurated its newly constructed headquarters [Read more]
It was in 1996; the country was returning to a fragile state of stability, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) had been kicked out [Read more]
Reading Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” during my secondary school days in little Jaiama Sewafe, Kono District, one striking theme always kept me worried and that was, will Umoufia (a [Read more]
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS 2ND FLOOR, STADIUM HOSTELS BROOKFIELDS PRESS STATEMENT Unsubstantiated Claims by Former Youth Affairs Minister Bai Mahmoud Bangura on AYV Television FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Wednesday, 19th December, [Read more]
From Jaiama Sewafe in Kono District to Freetown in the Western Area, the Presidential elections have long seemed like a battle of contests in optimism; the candidate with the most [Read more]
The website of Socfin Agriculture Company Ltd (SAC) paints a picture of turbulence. A series of posts stretching as far back as 2013 reveal the company has been under pressure [Read more]
Major global leaders have adopted over the years, diverse policies that ensure empowerment of young people all over the world. The commonwealth for example, has series of funding windows through [Read more]
President Julius Maada Bio has received a huge boost from the European Commission in Brussels, after the Commission promised to provide 73 million euros funding to the government of Sierra [Read more]
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