Sierra Leoneans go to the polls on 11 August having the second lowest standard of living in the world, according to UN Human Development Report. Of...

Almost five years after the civil war ended the majority of Sierra Leoneans still live in grinding poverty, yet even as tensions mount ahead of...

During Sierra Leone’s war many youth could feed themselves by taking up arms and pillaging. Now, in peace time, with democracy flourishing and a...

The United Nations and its international partners have voiced renewed concern at widely reported cases of intimidation and violence ahead of...

Despite fears of pre-election violence and the possibility of vote rigging, Sierra Leone’s chief electoral commissioner says the country is ready...

President Tejan Kabba to Step Down As the countdown to the presidential elections in Sierra Leone diminishes to days,...

Poor information and a lack of open discussion about sex is fueling an increase in HIV in postwar Sierra Leone, according to Dr Brima Kargbo, acting...

With tens of thousands of youths still out of work more than five years after the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, many say that prospects for...

Meriam Samu travels more than 30km every morning to buy the fresh catch of the day from local fishermen in the western part of the capital, Freetown....

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is dismayed at the continued delay in the prosecution of the alleged killers of Harry Yansaneh, editor of...