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Sierra Leone Topic Amulets Photographer Ottenberg, Simon Culture Limba (African people) See more items in Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba ...

Sierra Leone’s cotton tree, a centuries-old symbol of freedom, ... rooted in a busy roundabout in the capital city by the Supreme Court and State House, was thought to be around 400 years old.

Den Old Bod Ose. When the first Portuguese sailors arrived in West Africa in the 1460s, the sight of the lush green hills from the sea inspired the name Sierra Leone, or ‘Lion Mountains’. Freetown was ...

An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued overnight after three days at sea as the sole survivor of a shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island, a rescue charity said on Wednesday.

The roughly 400-year-old tree, which had stood 70 metres (230 feet) tall and 15 metres (50 feet) wide, has been Sierra Leone’s national symbol for decades.

Sierra Leone’s poorest communities have long ... shortly after a mudslide tore through his house, killing his father and three-year-old son. ... 400-year-old cotton tree in Sierra Leone.

MAKENI, Sierra Leone — Any exasperated parent might be forgiven for wanting a daughter like Alimatu Sesay, a highly motivated 16-year-old who can’t afford schoolbooks but borrows them from ...

The island of Nyangai off the coast of Sierra Leone is on the frontline of climate change. More frequent and intense weather has eroded Nyangai to a nubbin. Residents who remain fear for its future.

Elections in Sierra Leone and Liberia in 2023. About 3.4 million Sierra Leoneans voted in the general election of 24 June. The incumbent, 59-year-old former solider President Julius Maada Bio, of the ...

A human rights lawyer was found dead in her house in Nairobi, with her seven-month-old baby lying beside the body. The body of Eva Achieng Ayiera, 40, was found on Monday morning in her bedroom in ...

Sierra Leone’s cotton tree, a centuries-old symbol of freedom, toppled by storm. Josh Milton Published May 25, 2023, 6:29pm | Updated May 25, 2023, 10:38pm.