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    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      InterviewVisual Arts
      Artist Julianknxx: ‘There’s a release and relief when people sing together’

      The Sierra Leonean filmmaker’s new installation at London’s Barbican features videos with choirs performing his poems

      In a still from a video, in front of an old church, a person wearing a long beaded headdress puts their hands together as if in prayer
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
      Bio secures second term as Sierra Leone leader

      Incumbent avoids run-off with 56% of vote in campaign dominated by runaway inflation

      Julius Maada Bio waves to supporters during the election campaign
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘We’re suffering’: soaring costs create opening for Sierra Leone’s opposition

      Government’s handling of economy in tough times will influence voters as west African nation goes to polls

      People walk past election campaign posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Interview
      Africa exerting ‘pressure’ on Putin over Ukraine, says Sierra Leone president

      Julius Maada Bio calls for both sides to work to end the war that has sent food prices soaring across much of his continent

    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Foreign & Commonwealth Office UK
      Staff at UK High Commission in Sierra Leone suspended over lost £2mn

      Several employees suspected of colluding to defraud British government over procurement of diesel fuel

      The British High Commission in Freetown, Sierra Leone
    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Freetown mayor battles flooding threat to urban slums

      Capital of Sierra Leone attempts to reverse deforestation to reduce risk of heavy rains

      Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
    • Saturday, 24 July, 2021
      Enuma Okoro
      The life-long art of making friends

      At any age, to encounter someone new with whom you feel a genuine connection is an immeasurable gift

      Arthur B Timothy, ‘Party Frocks’ (2019)
    • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
      Special ReportDelivering for the World’s Children
      Students need radical solutions to catch up post-Covid

      Global gains in education are at risk as Covid-19 shuts 1.6bn learners out of school

      A teacher at the village primary school of Trom, in Cambodia, during the pandemic
    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      Climate change
      Cities appoint ‘heat officers’ in response to warming threat

      Dedicated executives hired to address temperature rises driven by climate change

    • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
      Education
      Why schools are central to recovery in developing countries

      Invest now to protect the vulnerable, say Sierra Leone’s schools and finance ministers

      Pupils return to Freetown Secondary School for Girls in October after lockdown
    • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
      Science books
      Five books that explain viruses and how they spread

      Here’s what to read to understand the coronavirus outbreak in the context of history

    • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
      Mining
      Sierra Leone mine dispute raises fears of resource nationalism

      Feud over iron ore licence is latest to pit African governments against miners 

      W19N09 Date taken: 18 February 2014Location: Iron Ore Mine, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, Sub Saharan, West Africa Mining operations for transporting and managing iron ore. From top of lump stacker showing loading fines from fines stacker before train loading.
    • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
      Technology
      Sierra Leone’s thumbprint breakthrough to sign up unbanked

      Blockchain-based financial inclusion programme could be model for other countries

      FREE TOWN, SIERRA LEONE - SEPTEMBER 10: People visit bazaars and markets to shop for the upcoming Muslim sacrificial festival "Eid al-Adha" on the outskirts of Free Town, Sierra Leone on September 10, 2016. Eid-al Adha is the one of two most important holiday in the Islamic calendar, with prayers and the ritual sacrifice of animals. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 2 August, 2019
      Mining
      Sierra Leone targets international miners in license clamp down
    • Friday, 8 June, 2018
      ObituaryLaw
      Desmond de Silva, barrister and war crimes prosecutor, 1939-2018

      A bon vivant with a love of fine wine and a legal mind as sharp as a razor

      epa02361997 British Desmond de Silva, independent international Fact-Finding Mission member, answers journalists questions during a press conference after presenting the report about the attack of the May 2010 Gaza flotilla to the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 28 September 2010. EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI
    • Thursday, 19 April, 2018
      Diamonds and gemstones
      De Beers to pilot digital programme in Sierra Leone to sell ethically sourced diamonds
    • Thursday, 5 April, 2018
      African politics
      Opposition leader sworn in as Sierra Leone president after run-off

      Peaceful election follows pattern of democratic polls in west Africa

      Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Maada Bio takes his oath as Sierra Leone's new president in Freetown, Sierra Leone April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland
    • Sunday, 4 March, 2018
      African politics
      Ex-minister in junta hopes to shake up Sierra Leone politics

      Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella emerges as third force in presidential poll

      TOPSHOT - Supporters of Sierra Leone's All People's Congress (APC) presidential candidate Samura Kamara hold a campaign poster during a rally on March 3, 2018, in Kambia, ahead of the country's general election. Sierra Leone goes to the polls on March 7 for a general election that will select a new president, parliament and local councils. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGOISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2017
      World
      Sierra Leone mudslide leaves hundreds dead and more missing

      Logging on hills contributed to disaster in crowded port city, says UN adviser

      Search and rescue team members and soldiers operate near a mudslide site and damaged building near Freetown on August 14, 2017, after landslides struck the capital of the west African state of Sierra Leone. At least 312 people were killed and more than 2,000 left homeless when heavy flooding hit Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown, leaving morgues overflowing and residents desperately searching for loved ones. An AFP journalist at the scene saw bodies being carried away and houses submerged in two areas of the city, where roads turned into churning rivers of mud and corpses were washed up on the streets. / AFP PHOTO / SAIDU BAHSAIDU BAH/AFP/Getty Images
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2017
      World
      Hundreds killed in Sierra Leone mudslide

      Death toll rises above 300 after hill collapses on outskirts of capital Freetown

      This picture shows flooded streets in Regent near Freetown, on August 14, 2017. The death toll from massive flooding in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown climbed to 312 on August 14, 2017, the local Red Cross told AFP. Red Cross spokesman Patrick Massaquoi told AFP the toll could rise further as his team continued to survey disaster areas in Freetown, where heavy rains have caused homes to disappear under water and triggered a mudslide. / AFP PHOTO / Society 4 climate change communication Sierra Leone / STR / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / "S4CCC-SL" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS STR/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
      Child mortality
      The slow road to progress: why is Sierra Leone’s maternal mortality rate so high?

      To address the myriad causes for the high number of maternity-related deaths, the government must first gain the trust of its people

      Life or death: An ambulance heads off on a 20-mile journey to bring a teenage girl in labour to Moyamba government hospital
    • Friday, 21 October, 2016
      Jonathan Eley
      Where your holiday pound goes further: Venezuela, anyone?

      Far-flung places where sterling still has value

      Venezuela's National Police officers mantain order as people queue to buy basic food and household items outside a supermarket in Caracas, on September 28, 2016. Venezuela is in a highly tense political crisis, with the South American oil-exporting nation slammed by low crude prices, inflation, food shortages and violence. / AFP / FEDERICO PARRA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARIA ISABEL SANCHEZ: "Therapists busy fighting Venezuela's emotional crisis" (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2016
      World
      PZ Cussons gets lift from Nigerian currency float
    • Monday, 22 August, 2016
      Energy sector
      Stellar Diamonds set for ‘transformational’ takeover
    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2016
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Sierra Rutile confirms £215m sale to Iluka Resources
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