Kofi Annan served as United Nations Secretary-General during a pivotal decade in modern world history – from 1997 to 2006. I would argue that his most important legacy was to focus the UN more on preventing and resolving deadly conflict… Read More ›
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President Bio Honours Mudslide Victims, Declares Mortomeh a Memorial Site
His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has joined fellow Sierra Leoneans to observe the one-year commemoration ceremony for victims of the August 14 2017 mudslide and flooding at Mortomeh in the Regent Community, near Freetown. The interfaith service, which took… Read More ›
Nigerian authorities, Silicon Valley, Hollywood Investors, US Industry Chieftains discus on Investment Opportunities in Nigeria
Top among the US investors were Tim Kendall, a US investor who worked with Facebook monetization and has led PINTEREST, headquartered in San Francisco and valued at about $12B.
Merck Foundation announces the winners of “Merck More Than a Mother” Media Recognition Awards 2017
Merck Foundation the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announces the winners of ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media Recognition Awards 2017 at an award ceremony held yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sierra Leone: Agric Minister intensifies roadmap to food security drive
By Shifu Fadda The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Joseph Ndanema, has organized a three-day consultative conference that puts together a comprehensive roadmap plan that will be handed over to the Minister today for onward presentation to the Chief… Read More ›
A third of young adults have ridden with an impaired driver, NIH analysis suggests
Roughly a third of recent high school graduates have ridden in a motor vehicle with a substance-impaired driver, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study found that during… Read More ›
Stoking fear among followers is not clever politics but a recipe for self-destruction, warns UN rights chief
In a scathing address to the Human Rights Council, the top United Nations rights official on Wednesday warned political leaders who stoke fear and intolerance among their followers for the sake of their own ambitions are merely copying the behaviour… Read More ›
