In 2022, little did Aruna Bangura know that observing the changing environment and land use practices around his community ...

Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone is a small country with complex challenges. Following a decade of civil war between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone experienced positive improvements in political ...

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Two prostitutes who work on the streets of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, tell their stories. Charity groups say they have seen a rise in the number of young girls working in the sex trade ...

The donated educational items will help schools in Hull's twin city of Freetown in Sierra Leone. Jos Leijdekkers has been hiding in the West African country, according to authorities in the ...

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Caracas - Sierra Leone has reaffirmed ... socio-economic and infrastructural development underway in the southern provinces of the Kingdom, stressing that this dynamic has favored the empowerment ...

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) ...

A group of women sit in a circle in the Masungbala Chiefdom, Sierra Leone. One by one, they describe how their genitals had been cut as part of rituals of initiation and the unbearable pain they were ...