Sierra Leone is extremely poor and nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture.

The 125-meter Gendema Bridge replaces an unreliable ferry, offering safe, year-round access that dramatically shortens travel time and ensures farmers can transport goods without risk of delays or ...

At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone, an inter-departmental IMF team conducted a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic (GCD). The GCD provides a detailed assessment of governance and ...

Nov 13 (Reuters) - The West African country of Sierra Leone has reached a settlement in principle with U.S. law firm Jenner & Block to resolve their fight over $8 million in allegedly unpaid legal ...

Hundreds of communities in Sierra Leone’s Bonthe district have signed a benefit-sharing carbon agreement with the Africa Conservation Initiative targeting the protection of mangroves in the Sherbro ...

FREETOWN, November 6, 2025 - Sierra Leone’s economy is showing signs of stability in the face of heightened global challenges, with growth projected at 4.3 percent in 2025 and reaching 4.6 percent by ...

There is a kind of political symmetry in the emergence of Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States in June. It is three decades since he first ...

Pictures of sore, blistered genitals have gone viral in Sierra Leone in recent months. The gruesome photos showing symptoms of mpox have helped persuade Sierra Leoneans that the virus, which spreads ...

Morie Abibu, a 56-year-old father of three, lies on a hospital bed in the humid Sierra Leonean heat. He is paralyzed from the neck down. After months of immobility, his soft muscles sag and pool on ...

Nourished by seven major rivers and abundant inland valley swampland, Sierra Leone has ideal conditions to produce enough rice, a staple food, yet it continues to import substantial amounts. “In his ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --Reigning Breeders' Cup Classic champion Sierra Leone earned a repeat trip to that race with a victory in Saturday's Grade I Whitney Stakes, but still has a scramble to nail down the ...