Dr. Mordecai Ogada is a Kenyan carnivore ecologist and conservation policy scholar with over 20 years’ experience in conservation practice in Kenya and other parts of Africa, mainly on human-wildlife conflict issues.

On Saturday, 27th April 2024, Sierra Leoneans across Ireland gathered in Dublin's Lucan area to celebrate their country's 63rd years of independence. The event which was organised by the Sierra Leone Community in Ireland in collaboration with Sierra Leone Ireland Partnership (SLIP) attracted hundreds of people including many from the Irish community and other Africans living in the country

Today, Rwanda solemnly commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, a tragic chapter in its history that claimed the lives of over 1,000,000 people in a span of just 100 days.

Sierra Leone’s government has announced a nationwide curfew amid fears about an attempted military coup in the country. In the early hour Sunday morning residents in the capital, Freetown, were awoken to heavy gunfire following reports that the Wilberforce Military barracks had been attacked by unknown men.

Liberia’s former Vice President, Joseph Nyumah Boakai has been voted as the country’s next president after winning this week’s presidential run-off.

On October 2nd, 1958, Guinea made history as the first French-speaking sub-Saharan African country to regain its independence from France. Today, the West African nation celebrates 65 years of freedom since it voted for independence on September 28th, 1958.

On Sunday, 6th August 2023, hundreds of people including women and children were woken up to a devastating flood in Maneah, in the Prefecture of Coyah, just 20km out of Guinea’s capital Conakry. Many victims lost all their belongings including their food, clothes, and other materials that they had acquired for years.

On Saturday, over three million Sierra Leoneans headed to the polls to vote for a new president that will lead the country for the next five years. Incumbent Dr. Julius Maada Bio, who is aiming to secure a second term, voted at Wilberforce barracks and his main rival Dr. Samura Kamara from the All Peoples Congress Party casted his vote at Marfa field in Lumley. However, some polling stations in many parts of the country were over two hours late, before they opened their doors to voters.

On Saturday, millions of Sierra Leoneans headed to the polls to vote for a new president that will lead the country for the next five years. However, some polling stations were over two hours late, before they opened. Dr Kamara voted at Marfa polling station in Regent road in the Lumley area of Freetown. After casting his vote, Dr. Kamara spoke to the media about some concerns he had about how the voting process was conducted.

As Sierra Leoneans heads to the polls, the chair of the Political Parties Regulation, Abdulai Masiyambai Bangurah was joined by hundreds of Freetonians including musicians and comedians on Thursday and Friday to rally across many parts of the capital, calling for a violence-free election and encouraging people to abide by the law and listen to local radio and television stations to get all the latest news about the election. The peaceful electoral violence-free rally came after a man was killed on Wednesday at the All Peoples Party Congress's head office at Railway line, Brookfield in Freetown.