How Liberia and Sierra Leone ended their cycles of violence The lessons two African countries offer on ending intractable conflicts ...

“War, Women and Post-conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone” depicts the everyday struggles of women trying to improve their lives, while illuminating the political, legal and ...

Similarly, in Sierra Leone, following a 10-year internal conflict between 1991-2002, Sierra Leone returned to peace. As the country rebuilt institutions, the economy experienced wild swings in GDP ...

Sierra Leone’s ratification of UNESCO’s culture conventions reflects the spirit of shared responsibility to protect and promote culture for future generations.

Land disputes in Sierra Leone are a complex issue, dating back decades. Weak land tenure systems, rapid urbanisation and population growth, poverty, inequality, corruption and weak governance are ...

The small Western African state earlier this month concluded a round of seismic research that it now hopes would lure ...

Sierra Leone's main opposition candidate said on Friday the lack of election campaign access to some strongholds of the ruling party and unsupervised distribution of ballots could open the door to ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

Explore the incredible and very different stories of Botswana and Sierra Leone,two African nations that took vastly different paths despite their resources and potential. Botswana, a small and largely ...

Provides an overview of Sierra Leone, including key dates and facts about this west African state.

Sierra Leone's political economy of post-conflict peacebuilding favours macro-economic security that is to trickle down into social and political peace. Discourse analysis shows that, framed within ...