Deep inside a Sierra Leone national park, a mother of seven was about to set dozens of tree trunks ablaze to make charcoal.

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its jade-green shores reveals a nation with its eyes fixed on the road ahead.

Sierra Leone is the 11th most vulnerable nation ... "If we don't manage the Western Area Peninsula very well, in 10 to 15 years there will be no forest." Stay updated with US News covering ...

Tacugama has grown to become Sierra Leone's most popular tourist attraction over the last three decades. But in a stand ...

From the home of the world’s largest spider, to hotspots for globally threatened sea turtles, the International Union for ...

The president’s travel ban blocks citizens from Iran, Afghanistan, Haiti, Eritrea and Yemen, from entering the U.S., among ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, a fellow Republican, urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision. Lawler's 17th District ...

On the evening of May 9, 2019, conservationist and teacher Itakwu Innocent narrowly survived an assassination attempt outside ...

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Five countries have won seats on the United Nations Security Council in uncontested elections. They will start serving ...