As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility ...

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while ...

Sierra Leone could be a place to relocate to and connect with locals, who say they are ready to welcome Black Americans.

The current mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone is the largest ever recorded in the country and the first major epidemic caused by the clade IIb monkeypox virus in Africa. Since a public health emergency ...

Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra ...

At the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, two baby chimps in their caretakers' arms are unaware that deforestation and illegal building are threatening their habitat.

Esther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra ...

Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

We set off from Freetown that morning, leaving the capital’s blue-green shores to follow increasingly non-existent roads east into Sierra Leone’s Southern Province. It hasn’t been an easy ...

Press Release - The World Bank today launched the Sierra Leone Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), two core analytical reports that provide ...

FREETOWN -- The 26th Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone on Saturday provided free medical consultations to children at the ...