Since Sierra Leone’s independence in 1961, it had been the ambition of the leadership of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), including the ...

Constitutional and legal reforms are needed to address divisions rooted in the over-centralisation of power and resources.Despite a veneer of national cohesion, deep ethnic and political divisions ...

For now, the record stands corrected: both the IMF and the World Bank continue to support Sierra Leone’s development agenda and no official suspension of funding has been enacted or communicated.

Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry ...

FREETOWN, (June 21, 2024) – Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the widespread practice.

Sierra Leone (March 06, 2024) – People facing rising seas, fiercer storms and hotter weather along Sierra Leone's coast will benefit from a significant new US$26.8 million initiative announced today ...

Freetown: The first round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and the Republic of Sierra Leone convened Tuesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family ...

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 ...

Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) was elected president in 2018. Protests in August 2022 over the soaring cost of living saw at least 21 protesters killed. Bio's re-election ...

Sierra Leone’s new national airline Air Sierra Leone will commence operations in December with the launch of a route to the UK. Starting Dec. 2, the carrier’s inaugural flight will connect ...