Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her: Her parents were gone, her uncle had abandoned her, and she ...

Civil war has raged in Sierra Leone for nearly a decade with rebels of the Revolutionary United Front vying for control of the country's lucrative diamond mines and its capital, Freetown, the site ...

Catholic sisters foster healing and reconciliation for survivors of Sierra Leone's civil war, many of whom now find themselves neighbors with former rebel soldiers who killed their families during ...

Sierra Leone has experienced substantial economic growth in recent years, although the ruinous effects of the civil war continue to be felt. The country is also rich in diamonds and other minerals.

On a busy weekend in Freetown, Sierra Leone, dozens of people gather to watch an afternoon football match not unlike countless others you’d find anywhere else in the world. But there’s one ...

Umaru Fofana looks back at how reporting on Sierra Leone's civil war 25 years ago got personal.

Born in Sierra Leone, she ended up in Hamilton after she was forced to flee the West African country's civil war in 1999. Canada is a great country that Sierra Leoneans need to know a lot more about.

Tommy Garnett's conservation efforts saved Tiwai island, securing its UNESCO World Heritage status, preserving biodiversity and wildlife.

Michaela DePrince, Who Survived Sierra Leone’s Civil War to Become a Star Ballerina, Dies at 29 While living in an orphanage in her war-torn country, she dreamed of being happy, powerful and ...