Wading through water up to his knees, Hassan Kargbo points to the vast ocean before him, which is eroding the land and ...

MAKENI, Sierra Leone — Brace yourself for a gross fact: Some 1.5 billion of the world’s people have worms living in their bodies, weakening them and occasionally disfiguring them. Yet ...

A Peace Corps teacher in Sierra Leone from 1974-76, ... Weeks under the strain of bad news, much uncertainty and no direct support are taking a toll on rural towns like Rotifunk, ...

Sierra Leone's Human Development Index (HDI) in 2022 was 0.458, ranking it 184 out of 193 countries and territories (Liberia 0.927, UK 0.940). O nly a minute after arriving in Sierra Leone any ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues ...

As a man who dedicated his life to helping the less fortunate - especially the disabled, Brother Kerrigan is described as ...

For Sierra Leone or Salone, as it is called in the Krio language, Feed Salone is not just about increasing production— it’s about food sovereignty, a phrase Kpaka repeats often.

Sierra Leone has lost an estimated 35% of its forest cover since 2000. With only 5,500 wild Western chimpanzees remaining, the chimpanzee population’s fate reflects the health of the forest ...

Eighteen years after civil war ended in Liberia, in a school located in a rural village that helps make rubber for Bridgestone, the revolution isn’t around political power. It’s about using ...

Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees. ... he set up a demonstration farm to teach amputees how to farm and become rural leaders. ... Pasture for Life, ...

Malcolm has since visited the tree under which Brother Kerrigan died. He described the moment: "It was very poignant because ...