A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...

By 2050, the African continent will be home to nearly 40 percent of the worldʼs youth. With this demographic shift comes ...

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

A cheap synthetic drug known as kush is ravaging West Africa and its epicentre is Sierra Leone. The government has declared kush a public health emergency, but poverty and trauma are slowing efforts ...

The small Western African state earlier this month concluded a round of seismic research that it now hopes would lure ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

The training workshop brought together 15 participants—a mix of laboratory scientists, public health professionals, and ...

Sierra Leone has a population of around 8.8 million, but less than half (3.3 million) are registered to vote in this election. The country has been facing a number of issues, including a ...

Sierra Leone lifted a nationwide curfew almost a month after an attack on army headquarters in the capital, Freetown, which President Julius Maada Bio said was an attempt to overthrow the government.

Sierra Leone’s postwar Truth and Reconciliation Commission had called for reforms to increase women’s representation in politics and reduce women’s marginalization in education and health ...

Sierra Leone is also one of the world's poorest countries and only emerged from a brutal civil war that left tens of thousands of people dead in 2002.