S.Leone president says US pressured him to interfere in vote
The president of Sierra Leone on Friday accused the United States of pressuring him to interfere in his country's June ...
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Sierra Leone wants abortion decriminalized
Sierra Leone’s government has approved a draft law that would decriminalize abortion in a country with one of the world’s ...
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Nearly 100 killed, dozens injured in Sierra Leone tanker explosion
A massive fireball sparked by a fuel tanker explosion killed 98 people in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the West African ...
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‘Drinking blood’: Witnesses testify on Liberia war crimes
Witnesses have come forward in the first war-crimes trial held in Liberia, against former rebel Gibril Massaquoi, to testify about ...
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Growing concern over first W.Africa Ebola outbreak for five years
West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday, with ...
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Celebs to lead TED global call on climate
San Francisco—The Pope and Prince William will join activists, artists, celebrities and politicians on Saturday at a free streamed TED ...
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Sierra Leone’s secret societies mark bodies and minds
By Saidu Bah Wearing a fading Mickey Mouse T-shirt, her knees hugged to her chest, eight-year-old Musu Kamara sits in ...
Read moreSierra Leone appeals for aid
FREETOWN"•Sierra Leone’s president issued a desperate appeal for help a day after flooding ravaged the country’s capital, killing more than ...
Read more2 girls die after circumcisions in Sierra Leone, Guinea
A teenage girl died after undergoing a botched female circumcision in Sierra Leone, police said, just days after the death ...
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