Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the ...

The new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, ...

He was president when ECOWAS imposed severe sanctions on Niger following a coup two years ago. Niger cited the sanctions as one of the reasons for leaving the bloc. Sierra Leone was one of the ...

FREETOWN, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A military court in Sierra Leone has sentenced 24 soldiers to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of President Julius ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone court found 11 people guilty of treason and other offenses following what authorities have called an attempted coup, with their leader sentenced to ...

Sierra Leone has its record in coup books. Back in 1992, Bio's close friend, Valentine Strasser, an army officer, became the world's youngest head of state three days after his 25th birthday. This was ...

Twenty-seven soldiers in Sierra Leone yesterday appeared before a court-martial which charged them with mutiny over their alleged role in what authorities say was an attempted coup in November ...

Former Sierra Leone President Facing Treason Charges Over Alleged Coup Involvement The failed coup in the West African country took place just five months after the current president was elected.

Sierra Leone charged 12 individuals in connection with a failed coup attempt, according to a Wednesday statement from Minister of Information and Civic Education Chernor Bah. Among the accused is ...

Sierra Leone on Tuesday charged 12 people with treason and other offences for their roles in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, a press release said.

Sierra Leone charges ex-President Koroma with treason over failed coup The charges against former leader Ernest Bai Koroma also include misprision of treason and two counts of harbouring.