A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war ... Lynette, 16, was abducted and held by the rebels for several days during which time she was given drugs in her food, and witnessed other abductees being ...

In 1991, a small band of rebels backed by the Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi crossed into the west African nation of Sierra Leone and ignited a civil war that ...

I was scared for my life, dressed like a woman and traveling in a little boat in the middle of the night across the Atlantic Ocean to Guinea. It was a death sentence, but worth trying. Eventually I ...

This roundup of world news highlights various significant events: Lukashenko's contested election win in Belarus, Hamas's ...

The world’s biggest equine stars including Romantic Warrior, Rebel’s Romance, Sierra Leone and Forever Young are among the ...

Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, and he tumbled into the ...

In eastern DR Congo, fierce fighting is still raging between the army and M23 rebels. They have been ... health emergency has been declared in Sierra Leone, after three cases of Mpox were detected ...

This sixty-page report documents how, as rebels took control of the city in January 1999, they made little distinction between civilian and military targets. Testimonies from victims and survivors ...

Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, and he tumbled into the ...