Peace Corps withdraws from W. Africa over Ebola fearsThe US Peace Corps announced it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to growing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa.
02 August 2014 12:09
Torrential rains kill four in Sierra LeoneThree men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said.
06 May 2014 10:50
Sierra Leoneans vote in high-stakes elections Sierra Leoneans voted Saturday in general elections as the west African country continues to recover from a brutal civil war while beginning to reap the benefits of a mining boom.
18 November 2012 11:58
Sierra Leone to vote in litmus test for post-war democracySierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in the country's third election since the end of a brutal civil war, a high-stakes poll billed as a litmus test of the mineral-rich nation's democratic credentials.