Sierra Leone Archive

Heavy rains, water flooding and mudslides left more than 300 dead and 600 other missing in Sierra Leone’s capital city Freetown. The worst hit area was Regent. President Ernest Bai Koroma issued a desperate appeal …

Is this the world’s largest diamond. It is a 706-carat large stone and found in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone. Pastor Emmanuel Momoh was one of the thousands of workers who were working in …

Rwanda’s women national team coach Grace Nyinawumuntu is keen to improve the team in time for the 2014 CAF Africa Women’s Championship qualifiers, first leg against Kenya on the weekend of February 13-15. Nyinawumuntu, …

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 4, 2013 –Sierra Leone’s National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has begun the distribution of rehabilitation grants to 1,138 forced amputees and 162 of the country’s most vulnerable, severely wounded conflict victims. The …

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2013 –Press Statement: John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 26, 2013 Charles Taylor Special Court of Sierra Leone Appeals Chamber Upholds Conviction of Charles Taylor Today’s ruling upholding the conviction of …

The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fighting the Al-shabaab extremists has become a victim of its own success. An African Union soldier, belonging to the Sierra Leonian contingent of AMISOM, standing guard during a …

Official events attended by Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, have been held today  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, September 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Official events attended by Ernest Bai Koroma, President of …