Fire broke out inside Sierra Leone’s presidential building in central Freetown Saturday, witnesses and the government said, ...

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

Fire broke out inside Sierra Leone’s presidential building in central Freetown Saturday, witnesses and the government said. The AFP report indicated that President Julius Maada Bio was not present ...

Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone is a small country with complex challenges. Following a decade of civil war between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone experienced positive improvements in political ...

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Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, serving as both a departure point for captive people and a ...

A group of women sit in a circle in the Masungbala Chiefdom, Sierra Leone. One by one, they describe how their genitals had been cut as part of rituals of initiation and the unbearable pain they were ...

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 ...

After a foot abscess prevented champion 3-year-old male Sierra Leone from running in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1), he appears set to make his 4-year-old debut March 22 in the $500,000 New ...

A year ago, Sierra Leone's government declared a public health emergency over the cheap synthetic drug called kush FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of ...

The donated educational items will help schools in Hull's twin city of Freetown in Sierra Leone. Jos Leijdekkers has been hiding in the West African country, according to authorities in the ...

Zainab Sakoteh sits in the Kingtom landfill in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, March 13, 2025, a place she frequents to meet the cartel that provide her with Kush. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) ...