if you’re lost in the forest, you can hammer the wood and the sound will be heard in the closest village.” Photograph by Aisha Nazar Sierra Leone is full of surprises. The first is that its oranges ...

Sierra Leone ... as the “green lungs” of the nation, the Gola Rainforest is one of West Africa’s last remaining ancient rainforests. Spanning more than 70,000 hectares, it shelters over 300 bird ...

Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry official told AFP. The West African country, which in January declared ...

Sierra Leone's information ministry said Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is in the country and benefiting from high-level protection there.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Samuel Anthony turns his phone camera around to show me the view from his ...

Sierra Leone was one of the countries hardest hit by Ebola, which ravaged west Africa a decade ago in an epidemic killing some 4,000 people, including nearly seven percent of health workers ...

Krio people built houses using timber from the surrounding forests that resembled the kind ... the sight of the lush green hills from the sea inspired the name Sierra Leone, or ‘Lion Mountains’.

Sierra Leone’s 400 km Atlantic coastline once contained abundant marine resources crucial to the nation’s economy. Fishing contributes 12% of the country’s gross domestic product and is the primary ...

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio officially launched Sierra Leone’s Energy Transition Plan and Green Growth Plan alongside other concrete actions aimed at advancing sustainable access to ...

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 ...