Our nation, and especially Freetown have been gripped by a spate of fire incidents recently. The State House, the Military hospital (34) ...

The use of child soldiers is a profound human tragedy that continues to scar generations across the world.According to the United Nations, over the years, thousands of children, some as young as six ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...

In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a vast landfill choked with smoke from decades of decomposing waste serves as an unlikely marketplace for a devastating drug. Amid the billowing soot and the ...

Egypt’s Ambassador to Freetown Rasha Suleiman discussed with Sierra Leone Agriculture Minister Henry Kpaka means to boost cooperation in the sector of agriculture and irrigation in the coming period ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Zainab Sakoteh sits in the Kingtom landfill in ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her usual ...

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) ...

Sierra Leone has recorded 125 cases of mpox—29 females and 96 males—with 71 active cases and 52 recoveries and two fatalities, according to reports from the National Public Health Agency (NPHA).