Amid the high risks of unsafe abortions for women and girls in Sierra Leone, discussions are underway to decriminalize the procedure. At 16, Fatou Esther Jusu feared her pregnancy would derail her ...

Women’s reproductive rights are up to be widely expanded in Sierra Leone as lawmakers debate the Safe Motherhood Bill, which ...

Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion, which health workers say would ...

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In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood — possibly foreshadowing what's to come ...

The power will be sold to Sierra Leone’s Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which is currently being finalised. Register for Enlit ...

Now, with the help of Mercy Ships, 100 of their kits will be delivered to women in Sierra Leone on the west coast of Africa by the hospital ship Global Mercy. “These kits are lovingly made and prayed ...

U.S.A.I.D. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is ... and humanitarian aid on the scale the West has done in the past, experts say.

When a regime is illegitimate, it becomes unstable, and the state stands to suffer. Sierra Leone is facing the toughest misery and nightmare in our political, social, and economic governance. As we ...

About 80% of women aged 15-49 have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone, according to ... feminist activist and 2024 Impact West Africa Fellow, for the Inter Press ...