A view of the entrance of Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary where chimps escaped before attacking people the day before, in ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) -Dozens died in anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, police and other sources said on Thursday, sharply raising the death toll from the previous day's clashes as shocked ...

A young man smokes Kush at a hideout in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday, April 29, 2024. Sierra Leone declared a war on the cheap synthetic drug, calling it an epidemic and a national threat. The drug ...

Lahoud departed Texas for Connecticut in October 2023, joining Paramount on a full-time deal. Alongside Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Clint Dempsey and more, he’s yet another former football player ...

Dignity, celebration, respect, joy. These were just some of the feelings photographer Robbie Lawrence wanted to capture in his work from Sierra Leone — a departure from the emotions we might ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (UNHCR) - For most of my life, going to a hairdressing saloon has been a necessary inconvenience. I have never looked forward to it, nor exchanged confidentialities with my ...

Few cities face the kind of challenges that Freetown faces. A city of 1 million and capital of the West African nation of Sierra Leone, Freetown endured a bloody civil war in the 1990s and continued ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone-- Torrential rains unleashed widespread mudslides around the capital city of Sierra Leone early on Monday as residents slept, burying many of them in their homes. The French ...

From a pickup truck heading out of Freetown, Sierra Leone’s recent history is legible in the images that scroll beyond the passenger-side window. A hand-painted sign reading “Amputee Lodge” points to ...

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr walks up the stairs from her office in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to her car when she notices that the sky has darkened and is starting to open up. Tiny drops of rain fall. Within ...