Ever since the UN ’s World Health Organisation ( WHO) declared mpox a “public-health emergency of international concern” a ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches Operation ANOUANZÉ 3 in Freetown to combat maritime threats ...

Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio, who led the 1996 coup to restore democracy, is now ECOWAS chair tasked with pushing Sahel junta talks.

Sierra Leone’s main income-generating sources are in the extractive sector — gold, diamonds, bauxite and rutile. But as a 2011 report by experts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ...

From Sierra Leone's bold initiatives in education and agriculture to advocating for Africa's representation on the UN Security Council, President Bio discusses the power of youth in governance and ...

President Julius Maada Bio says many troubles afflicting Sierra Leone, from high inflation to unrest, originate from outside his nation. Facing a tight run for reelection later this month, he says ...

Guest Column - At least 29,000 women and girls globally die every year from complications from unsafe abortion. In Sierra Leone, out of the 150,000 unintended pregnancies that occur every year, 90,000 ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade's (2SFAB) Maneuver Advisor Team 2221 (MAT 2221) is nearing completion of their deployment to Africa. This landmark mission ...

Hawa Kamara made history today as the first woman from Sierra Leone to enter the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

Sierra Leone has nixed plans to build a controversial, $318 million airport outside the capital of Freetown with a Chinese company and funded by Chinese loans.

In this week's Africa Update, Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Farai Chideya discuss the Sudanese government's possible acceptance of a United Nations intervention in Darfur; a possible peace deal in ...

Brig. Gen. Kestoria Kabia represents Sierra Leone this week at the African Land Forces Summit - not only with the country's delegation, but as its first female one-star.