Liberia to expand access to abortion
Liberian parliamentarians are preparing legislation to expand access to abortion, which is currently subject to severe restrictions that many women circumvent through clandestine and unsafe […]
Sierra Leone
AFCON qualifiers: CAF reinstates Sao Tome after appeal
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on June 1, 2022 that its appeal panel has finally ruled in favor of the Federation of Sao […]
One hundred dead after tanker explosion in Sierra Leone
An explosion involving a tanker truck has killed dozens of people in Sierra Leone Saturday. The state-run central morgue in the capital, Freetown, said it […]
Former President Charles Taylor sues Liberia for his pension
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, sentenced to 50 years in prison for crimes against humanity for his role during the civil war in Sierra Leone, […]
Sierra Leone abolishes the death penalty
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has signed into law the abolition of the death penalty in the small West African country. The enactment follows […]
Sierra Leone abolishes death penalty
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio on Friday signed into law the abolition of the death penalty, media reports said. This promulgation, which comes twenty […]
Consular network in Sahara strengthened by Sierra Leone’s Consulate General in Dakhla
The Consular network in the Moroccan Sahara has been strengthened by the inauguration this Monday of Sierra Leone’s Consulate General in Dakhla. The inauguration ceremony […]
Sierra Leone reaffirms support to Morocco’s Sovereignty over the Sahara, opens a consulate in Dakhla
The Republic of Sierra Leone will join the growing list of countries having diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara with the opening of a Consulate […]
CAN 2021: five Beninese tested negative to Covid-19 in France
After the controversy surrounding the non-played match between Sierra Leone and Benin on Tuesday, March 30, the five Beninese internationals who tested positive for Covid-19 […]
Covid-19: Fifteen African countries threatened by a food crisis, FAO and WFP warned
According to a joint analysis by the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 15 “at-risk” African countries are threatened by […]