An ex-Sierra Leone militia leader was Monday to walk free after serving a 15-year sentence, the first to complete a term imposed for crimes in the country’s civil war, a UN court said. The Residual ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blue Chair Press.This could have been written for a divided Britain in the 21st century. But it is the story of how people in ...

Imagine a nation scarred by the brutal echoes of civil war. Sierra Leone bore witness to unimaginable horrors, leaving behind ...

Fishing crews in Sierra Leone say large Chinese ships are illegally hoovering up stocks. It relates to a 17-year-old girl - four men including her father and husband face years in jail if convicted.

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.

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 Leonean President Julius Maada Bio apologized on Sunday to victims of the country's 1991-2002 civil war that killed more than 100,000 people.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, July 21 (UNHCR) - The last convoys back to Sierra Leone left neighbouring Liberia and Guinea today, ending a huge UNHCR operation that has helped some 178,000 Sierra Leonean ...

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 ...