Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry official told AFP. The West African country, which in January declared ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Feb 25 - New testing of a cheap and deadly drug that has triggered a national emergency in Sierra Leone reveals it is composed of synthetic opioids and cannabinoids imported from abroad ...

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio declared a national emergency on substance abuse last April following calls for a crackdown on the drug known as kush, which is also used in at least five ...

A former Canadian politician has resigned from his role as Honorary Consul for Sierra Leone in protest of the country’s continued detention of Hawa Hunt, a Calgary woman jailed since December ...

Sierra Leone's information ministry said Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is in the country and benefiting from high-level protection there.

Air Sierra Leone, has resumed its scheduled flight operations between Lagos and Freetown after over 15 years of inactiveness. Air Sierra Leone returned to Nigeria in partnership with a Nigerian ...

Sierra Leone was one of the countries hardest hit by Ebola, which ravaged west Africa a decade ago in an epidemic killing some 4,000 people, including nearly seven percent of health workers ...

Sierra Leone’s 400 km Atlantic coastline once contained abundant marine resources crucial to the nation’s economy. Fishing contributes 12% of the country’s gross domestic product and is the primary ...