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

A Precious Gift for Victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War. September 27, 2000. By Lisa Frazier. The little girl's cries led the rebels to her hiding place.

Mohamed Santigie Bangura, 45, shows off the scars of the injuries he sustained during the 1991-2002 civil war in Sierra Leone. Since the end of the civil war, religious sisters have been helping ...

W hen 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 ...

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.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Umaru Fofana looks back at how reporting on Sierra Leone's civil war 25 years ago got personal and what dangers correspondents still face today.

The IRC began implementing emergency operations in 1999, during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Since then, we have continued to provide aid to the country’s most vulnerable communities. IRC programming ...

They’re members of the Single Leg Amputee Sports Association (SLASA), an organization co-founded by pastor Mambud Samai in 2001 after he returned home toward the end of Sierra Leone’s deadly ...

Sierra Leoneans head to the polls Saturday for presidential elections. ... Sierra Leone’s Civil War Survivors Rally Youth Against Election Violence June 21, 2023 7:41 PM ...

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 ...