Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its jade-green shores reveals a nation with its eyes fixed on the road ahead.

Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

When the first Portuguese sailors arrived in West Africa in the 1460s, the sight of the lush green hills from the sea inspired the name Sierra Leone, or ‘Lion Mountains’. Freetown was initially ...

Early last Monday morning Manga, 25, was preparing to head to work as a carpenter in the Regent area of Freetown, Sierra Leone ... I saw this whole mountain coming." A massive mudslide, sparked ...

I recently accompanied eight Savannah travelers to African nation of Sierra Leone as ... on top of that mountain – in that sacred space was an indescribable experience. Freetown established ...

More than a million trees have been planted in the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone since 2020 ... conservation and exploitation of Freetown's mountain forest has existed for centuries.

The 56-year-old is also the first directly elected female mayor of Freetown - and the first person to be re-elected since it became a position voted for by the residents of Sierra Leone's capital ...