Long known as one of Africa's great beach destinations, a new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that ...

Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his ...

Building off of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded Longitudinal Study of War-affected Youth (LSWAY) that began in 2002 at the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, our newest research is ...

The phrase encapsulates his journey since the civil war in Sierra Leone. From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees like him. Amputation by machete was ...

The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington Tim Hetherington's photos: Liberia, Sierra Leone Pictures from the Libyan civil war, and a final image from Sierra Leone. Gallery ...

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...

The country’s modern history has been overshadowed by a brutal civil war that ended in 2002, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people – about ...

Tens of thousands of people died in the 11-year-long conflict in the west African country A man has been arrested in West Yorkshire on suspicion of war crimes ... the civil war in Sierra Leone ...

Sierra Leone is extremely poor and nearly half ... but it is still recovering from a civil war that destroyed most institutions before ending in the early 2000s. In recent years, economic growth ...