Freetown is one of the wettest capital cities in the world and yet even in the midst of heavy downpours its taps are often dry. The result is...

A deadly cholera epidemic has broken out in several regions of Sierra Leone. Since the first week of September at least 523 people have been...

With only 19 percent of children in school following Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, the former government began an ambitious project to...

On 17 September, following what observers say were largely peaceful and fair elections, the former ruling party candidate Solomon Berewa conceded...

Despite allegations that the two parties in Sierra Leone’s 8 September final round of presidential elections were fomenting violence in the run-up...

In Sierra Leone’s closely fought presidential election both sides are in their own ways vying for the support of the Kamajors, a former civil...

With an estimated 72,490 fighters disarmed in less than two years, observers agree Sierra Leone now has surprisingly few weapons for a country that...

Sierra Leone’s run-off elections are becoming increasingly chaotic with reports of violent clashes between political activists dogging the political...

The risk that Sierra Leone could again descend into the chaos and civil war of the 1990s remains unlikely ahead of the second round of presidential...

As results trickle in from Sierra Leone’s presidential and parliamentary elections on 11 August, losing parties are likely to challenge the results...