A phone vibration drew my attention to an incoming message – a friend had sent a message with an attachment and a note reading, “This is so ...

A DUTCH cocaine kingpin known as “Chubby Jos” has finally been tracked down after pictures gave away his location. But a ...

Long known as one of Africa's great beach destinations, a new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that ...

The phrase encapsulates his journey since the civil war in Sierra Leone. From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees like him. Amputation by machete was ...

FREETOWN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's information ministry said on Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is in the country and benefiting ...

Land disputes in Sierra Leone are a complex issue, dating back decades. Weak land tenure systems, rapid urbanisation and ...

the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone is a small country with complex challenges. Following a decade of civil war between 1991 and ...

War is a magnifier of the best and worst of human behavior, and it’s often those already vulnerable who suffer most.

Farming trainees who have been amputated during Sierra Leone's civil war from 1991-2002, do warmup exercises before starting their day at the Farming on Crutches initiative in Freetown ...

Sierra Leone is extremely poor and nearly half of ... but it is still recovering from a civil war that destroyed most institutions before ending in the early 2000s. In recent years, economic ...