The physical and psychological scars left by eight years of war in Sierra Leone are profound and far-reaching. In order to end the cycle of violence, there must be an analysis of the root causes ...

the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone is a small country with complex challenges. Following a decade of civil war between 1991 and ...

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

(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 ...

The country’s modern history has been overshadowed by a brutal civil war that ended in 2002, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people – about ...

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 ...