(CNN)-- Three former guerrilla leaders -- who helped command what one activist called "one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days" -- were sentenced Wednesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone ...

In the early hours of January 6, l999, rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) launched an offensive against the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, capturing it from government troops and ...

James C. Johnson, JD, has prosecuted acts so venal and immense that they are quite literally crimes against humanity. For nearly a decade, he was chief of prosecutions for the Special Court for Sierra ...

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...

The RPCA has pioneered the Longitudinal Study of War-affected Youth (LSWAY) that began in 2002 at the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war. Funded through multiple National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH ...

Pictures from the Libyan civil war, and a final image from Sierra Leone.

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone ‘s capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of ...

The South African Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to pandemic preparedness, as global concerns over mpox resurface with Sierra Leone's declaration of a public health emergency.

Anna Foster reports from Sierra Leone on the aftermath of Ebola. She speaks to those who survived and hears how the country is trying to move on from the deadly disease. Show more Anna Foster ...