Helping and healing in Sierra Leone

How community solutions are helping amputees and drug users in the West African nation ...

‘We are more than blood diamonds and Ebola’: Sierra Leone seeks investment in a post-aid world

Sierra Leone seeks investment in a post-aid world - INTERVIEW: The chief minister of Sierra Leone tells Nick Ferris why he ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There’s little help, and some people are chained

FREETOWN, Sierra LeoneFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare ...
Yahoo

Sierra Leone Is Ready For Tourists. Treat It With Care While Visiting

“This is the official last door of no return,” Peter Momoh Bassie, a tour guide with Tourism Is Life, says as we’re standing on Bunce Island in Sierra Leone. “People taken from all over Africa would ...
Reuters

New president calls on people to transform Sierra Leone

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's new President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday called on the public to help him transform the West African nation, which is struggling to recover from an economic ...
SFGate

Forever Young beats defending champion Sierra Leone to win $7M Breeders' Cup Classic

(AP) — Forever Young beat defending champion Sierra Leone by a half-length to win the $7 million Breeders ... Scylla won the ...
Yahoo

A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained

A young man smokes Kush at a hideout in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday, April 29, 2024. Sierra Leone declared a war on the cheap synthetic drug, calling it an epidemic and a national threat. The drug ...