Women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone face demeaning, dangerous, and potentially deadly neglect, abandonment, and abuse by healthcare providers if they cannot pay for ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took ...

Kadiatu “KK” Kamara is Sierra Leone’s only female surfer. She is ranked as a top surfer in West Africa after coming in second place at her most recent competition in Liberia. She didn’t know she would ...

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A year after Sierra Leone introduced free healthcare for pregnant and breastfeeding women, many still struggle to get medicine and are asked to pay for drugs they can't ...

Fatima Bio, the first lady of Sierra Leon (center), poses with Sierra Leoneans of Utah at Utah World Trade Center Women's Breakfast. She spoke about rape and childhood marriage in Sierra Leon.

KAMBIA, Sierra Leone, Dec 2 (UNHCR) - The women of Kawula village say they have traded in blisters for beauty and regained freshness where they were once out of breath, all thanks to machines provided ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Brig. Gen. Kestoria Kabia represents Sierra Leone this week at the African Land Forces Summit - not only with the country's delegation, but as its first female one-star. "I had a ...

Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her ...