Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.

Sierra Leone will wait for the results of a recently-launched offshore 3D seismic survey, its first in over a decade, ahead of potentially opening its next oil and gas licensing round later this year, ...

Health authorities in Sierra Leone, in West Africa, decided in January to treat mpox patients at home so that other vulnerable patients — such as those with malaria or pregnancy complications ...

In Bo, Sierra Leone, I asked a group of more than 20 girls if they wanted to be initiated into the secret societies, meaning that they would be cut. Nine hands shot up immediately.

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Historic ties between South Carolina and West Africa run deep, and a newly enacted travel restriction on Sierra Leone may hinder efforts to honor that connection. Thousands ...

Internal Affairs Minister, Franklin Sakila Nyumalin, has issued a strong warning over the rising tensions between Guinea and Sierra Leone at the Yengar border, calling the situation a serious ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now ...

Despite robust anti-money laundering and anti-migrant smuggling policies, this study finds that there are few money laundering investigations and charges against smugglers in Senegal and Sierra Leone.

In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...