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, ...

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

Liberian’s President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has officially opened ArcelorMittal, a cutting-edge iron ore concentrator at the ...

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 ...

As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighboring countries and spark a larger ...

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.