Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

Located in Kenema District, in Sierra Leone’s Eastern province ... and hilly land mass of 828 hectares of primary forest. With an approximate population of 34,704 people scattered across six towns, ...

Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) — When it comes to chimpanzee toddlers, girls rule. Skippy climbs with her hands and feet into the forest canopy, swinging through the spindly vines. The boys ...

After you step out of Lungi International Airport, you need to take a ferry or small speedboat across the Atlantic to reach ...

As the rainclouds descend on Sierra Leone’s tropical Kambui forest ... and Maxwell’s duiker — a small antelope. The lush forest also provides a habitat for threatened birds such as the ...

Sierra Leone Environment Matter’s 50 members aimed to protect both residents’ farming livelihoods, faltering in the face of changing weather, and the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve which has been ...

Eugenia Kargbo remembers when Sierra Leone’s capital ... loved it for the pristine beaches and lush forests that once enveloped the city, and for its green landscape. Ms. Kargbo, who grew ...

They are all orphans, rescued from across Sierra Leone and raised at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. “I want them to get used to the forest. So, when they join a new group, they will be ...