Decades after independence, colonial-era laws have created a mass-incarceration crisis in Sierra Leone as poor citizens are ...

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 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 ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her ...

Sierra Leone made significant progress in 2002. On January 18, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah declared that the decade-long civil war had ended, and on March 1, he lifted the four-year state of ...

He had moved to Finland in 2008 and was arrested two years ago. Mr Massaquoi was a school teacher when Sierra Leone's civil war began in 1991. He joined the RUF, quickly rising through the ranks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, serving as both a departure point for captive people and a ...