Abundant downpours during the rainy season bring deadly floods to Freetown every year - but officials are increasingly worried about another trend: diminishing water reserves. Read more »
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio is working to change the country's negative image. During an allAfrica interview, he outlined his rebranding strategy and described why he ... Read more »
To help girls find alternatives to early marriage and pregnancy, United Nations Population Fund is helping to put guidance counsellors in nearly 200 junior secondary schools. Read more »
Sierra Leone is overcoming the problems of the past including war and Ebola and building a democractic future, President Julius Maada Bio said during a visit to the United States. ... Read more »
Borders between Liberia and next-door neighbours Guinea and Sierra Leone are a cause for concern for authorities, who are hampered in their attempts at collecting revenue, ... Read more »
As of mid-December there have been more than 500 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, of which two-thirds are women. In Beni - one of the hardest hit areas - it's the women ... Read more »
The decision marks the first time in Sierra Leone's history that a community has been able to win back land leased to a foreign company, lawyers say. Read more »
President Julius Maada Bio promised to introduce free quality education during his election campaign and has said he would donate three months of his own salary to the cause. Under ... Read more »
Liberians close to the Sierra Leone border are anxious after the recent announcement by researchers that a new strain of the viral hemorrhagic fever had been found. Read more »
The Senate will investigate reports of alleged sexual abuse of women at internally displaced persons camps in the northeast and other parts of the country. Read more »
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