Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the construction of Freetown’s Hill Station enclave a century ago.

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...

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 ...

Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, serving as both a departure point for captive people and a ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed with pistols, rifles, and machetes actively participated in killings and massacres, severed the arms of other children, participated in ...

Sawyerr, and its first chief heat officer, Eugenia Kargbo, have teamed up to protect citizens from extreme heat and replenish ...

Many developed problems in the Sierra Leone civil war due to poor healthcare access. During a 1999 ceasefire, Bo hospital opened a clinic to treat those who needed it. This gallery is from ...

Additionally, weather shocks may hinder agricultural growth and poverty reduction. Sierra Leone's recent history has been marred by a devastating civil war that ended in 2002. Despite significant ...

The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington Tim Hetherington's photos: Liberia, Sierra Leone Pictures from the Libyan civil war, and a final image from Sierra Leone. Gallery ...