February 06, 2019
Sierra Leone: CrimeSync Wins the Innovating Justice Awards 2019
The annual Innovating Justice Awards 2019 competition has been won by CrimeSync from Sierra Leone. The competition was organized by HiiL to promote justice innovation and… Read more »
October 24, 2018
Sierra Leone: Report launch - Challenges Faced by Persons With Albinism in Sierra Leone
Today marks the official launch of the report titled "Harassed, Misunderstood and Forgotten: Challenges faced by Persons with Albinism in Sierra Leone", the first of its kind in… Read more »
March 01, 2018
Sierra Leone: Land, the Environment, and Elections - Why Natural Resource Governance Should Take Centre Stage in Sierra Leone's 2018 Elections
The ancient ford truck belched black smoke on the highway as it laboured with its heavy load towards Freetown. Chunks of rough-hewn tree trunks overflowed its wagon. A dirty, red… Read more »
January 25, 2018
Sierra Leone: Women's Political Advancement As the Engine for Sierra Leone's Development
Keynote address delivered by the OSIWA Board Chair, Ayisha Osori, at the official opening of 50/50's Gender and Women's Leadership Training Institute (January 25, 2018) Read more »
August 15, 2018
Sierra Leone: Why Natural Resource Governance should take centre stage in Sierra Leone's 2018 Elections
In a country with less than 5% original forest cover remaining, it should be scandalous that logging still happens on a grand scale. But government has been decidedly indecisive. Read more »
February 02, 2016
Sierra Leone: Abortion Debate Heats Up After President Acts on Bill
With high rates of infant and maternal mortality compounded by a high incidence of teenage pregnancy, it is hardly surprising that the abortion debate in Sierra Leone has recently… Read more »
July 03, 2015
Sierra Leone: Protecting Women's Land Rights in Sierra Leone's Draft National Land Policy
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January 10, 2015
West Africa: #HackAgainstEbola in Dakar - 14/15 January
On the 14th and 15th January, the third edition of #HackAgainstEbola will be co-organized by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Union for Francophone Press (UPF),… Read more »
November 20, 2014
West Africa: Local Medics to Lead Fight Against Ebola
As the Ebola epidemic continues to wage thousands of deaths across West Africa and clinical trials are underway, a consortium of local West African leaders with scientific… Read more »
October 10, 2014
West Africa: A Robust International Response to the Ebola Outbreak Is a Legal Obligation
Last week the UN Security Council declared the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa "a threat to international peace and security". As the world body met to discuss the most… Read more »
September 01, 2014
West Africa: A Call for Appointment of ECOWAS Special Envoy on Ebola
Civil Society Statement on the Current Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Read more »
June 04, 2014
West Africa: Dangers Lurk in Constitutional Reviews
A significant moment has arrived in West Africa that cannot be overlooked. At least six countries in the sub-region are currently undergoing constitutional review processes,… Read more »