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Dakar, 4 June – The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). She was elected at the 49th ECOWAS heads of state meeting, which opened in Dakar, Senegal on Saturday the 4th. She replaces Senegalese President, Macky Sall whose tenure
Grand Rapids MI, 16 June – Acton University is a unique, four-day exploration of the intellectual foundations of a free society. Guided by a distinguished, international faculty, Acton University is an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and integrate philosophy, theology, business, development – with sound, market based, and economics. In the picture: Dario Petrone IDA
Freetown, 13 June – President Ernest Bai Koroma hosted a high-powered United Nations Peace Building Commission (UNPBC) from New York. According to the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Isata Kabia, the delegation was in the country to emphasize its role in the peace building process, harness the pledges made for the
San Francisco, June 9 – The BIO International Convention returns to the birthplace of biotech, San Francisco, California for 2016! The Bay Area region continues to grow and advance biomedical innovation while continuing to offer programs and services to support new medical advances. IDA attendance.
Freetown, 7 June – President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma received a high-powered delegation from Lion Mountains Agrico Limited at State House in Freetown. Lion Mountains is an agricultural company engaged in rice farming, production and processing in Sierra Leone. President Koroma also expressed appreciation for the company’s initiative to establish a market in the country,
Munich, 2 June – On Thursday 02 June, a meeting between ADA and C.R.E.A.M was held in Munich to clarify the cooperation between the two institutions to support an Organic farming project in Senegal.