Sierra Leone’s postwar Truth and Reconciliation Commission had called for reforms to increase women’s representation in politics and reduce women’s marginalization in education and health ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

Reporting from Freetown, Sierra Leone — Everywhere he went in Freetown’s ghettos, a dreadlocked young vocalist named Innocent heard the plea. People were fed up with lies, theft and corruption ...

However, the presence of the military in the politics of Sierra Leone is something of yester years, and not a new phenomenon. Even the learned Professor, Joe AD Alie wrote about how the military ...

BO, Sierra Leone — The coordinator of the U.N.-backed Gender Media Club in Sierra Leone, Willette James, says it’s imperative that the press give more coverage to women's issues if their lives ...

Sierra Leone's main opposition party took a slight lead in the country's presidential race with 75 percent of votes counted. But with outright victory still out of reach, the candidates are now ...

According to one of Sierra Leone's most renowned contemporary social and political commentators and philosopher, Alpha Saidu Bangura, who is resident in the United States, our political leadership ...

So if Sierra Leone's (presidential) election is free, fair and credible, it could be a bellwether for regional democracy,” said Jamie Hitchen, a political analyst focused on Sierra Leone and an ...

Sierra Leone has one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates with some 10 percent resulting from unsafe abortions, according to a 2013 report.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Everywhere he went in Freetown’s ghettos, a dreadlocked young vocalist named Innocent heard the plea. People were fed up with lies, theft and corruption. This ...