“War, Women and Post-conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone” depicts the everyday struggles of women trying to improve their lives, while illuminating the political, legal and ...

In the leafy suburbs of Oslo Amputee Camp in this northern town in Sierra Leone, a three-hour drive from the capital city of Freetown, survivors and perpetrators of the 1991-2002 civil war live ...

Sierra Leone could be a place to relocate to and connect with locals, who say they are ready to welcome Black Americans.

On a busy weekend in Freetown, Sierra Leone, dozens of people gather to watch ... but it unites players and serves as a “therapy” for war victims to face their shared trauma.

Sierra Leone has experienced substantial economic growth in recent years, although the ruinous effects of the civil war continue to be felt. The country is also rich in diamonds and other minerals.

Civil war broke out in Sierra Leone in 1991 when a rebel group backed by Liberian warlord Charles Taylor launched fighting near the border of the two countries. Revolutionary United Front rebels ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her ...

Liberia and neighbouring Sierra Leone, where another bloody civil war ended in 2002, are poor, troubled countries with ropy democracies. Yet both are in much better shape than 20 years ago.

African countries, which were already struggling from the Covid-19 pandemic, have been hit hard by the war in Ukraine AFP Sierra Leone's president expressed hope in an AFP interview that a new ...