When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her: Her parents were gone, her uncle had abandoned her, and she witnessed the ...

June 19 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's special war crimes court sentenced three former leaders of the country's AFRC militia to jail terms ranging from 45-50 years on Thursday. Here are some key facts ...

The West African nation of Sierra Leone is among the world’s poorest countries despite its significant mineral wealth, and scarred by a brutal civil war and the deadly Ebola virus. Here is some ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Sierra Leone-born Ishmael Beah came to the United States in 1998, he said, he met ignorance.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor appeared 20 minutes late Tuesday for his first appearance in court since his war crimes trial started, and his last appearanceof the month as the judges ...

AFA copy purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. "Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and ...

Sierra Leone marked its first National Day of Remembrance on Sunday in honour of the victims of the country’s ten year civil war. The conflict killed some 120,000 people and left thousands more ...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor funded and armed a rebel leader in neighbouring Sierra Leone, one of his top aides told a United Nations-backed war crimes court on Wednesday. Taylor is on ...

Isha Johansen, founder of a youth soccer club in Sierra Leone, changed lives through football. Her role as the first female president of the Sierra Leone Football Association and a FIFA Council member ...

FREETOWN, Sierra LeoneFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A Sierra Leone court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for a top ally of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who was recently found living in ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Prosecutors will call their first witnesses to the stand on Monday in the delayed trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, charged with orchestrating atrocities in Sierra ...