Freetown, 06 April, 2025 / 8:40 pm (ACI Africa). The relevance of religious freedom in Sierra Leone is beyond exaggeration, the Executive Director of Caritas Freetown in the West African nation has ...

In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a vast landfill choked with smoke from decades of decomposing waste serves as an unlikely marketplace for a devastating drug. Amid the billowing soot and the ...

A year ago, Sierra Leone's government declared a public health emergency over the cheap synthetic drug called kush FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Zainab Sakoteh sits in the Kingtom landfill in ...

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) ...

Sierra Leone has recorded 125 cases of mpox—29 females and 96 males—with 71 active cases and 52 recoveries and two fatalities, according to reports from the National Public Health Agency (NPHA).

Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

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 ...

Author Betsy Small will present “Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone” on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., Hancock. The talk, based on her ...

California's Sierra Nevada snowpack is currently at 90% of the historical average, a significant improvement from last year but lower than the record-breaking levels of 2023. While the northern ...

Eid ul Fitr in Sierra Leone is 30 March, 2025 (1 Shawwal 1446 AH). In Islam, there are several Islamic events that have their own significance. However, Eid ul Fitr is also among the holiest event in ...