is one of three frontrunners - the others are former coup leader Julius Maada Bio of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), and ex-UN diplomat Kandeh Yumkella of the newly-formed ...

Sierra Leone must face a lawsuit by U.S. law firm Jenner & Block seeking to recover more than $8 million in fees from the West African country for several years of legal work, a federal judge has ...

Sierra Leone made significant progress in 2002. On January 18, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah declared that the decade-long civil war had ended, and on March 1, he lifted the four-year state of ...

"I felt that if we were looking to get back on our feet, we needed to show people another side of Sierra Leone," he told me. Today, Carrol organises a range of trips: to the small village of ...

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 ...

People just did the most amazing costumes ... We really know how to party in Sierra Leone, so whenever there is a celebration, we’re there. Probably spend as much time outside — go for ...

What caused the current crisis in Sierra Leone? Between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone was engaged in a violent civil war that displaced two million people, killed more than 50,000 and fostered ...