On the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, Australian volunteers provide life-changing healthcare that is ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her usual ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 ...

FREETOWN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sierra Leone's National Public Health Agency (NPHA) and the Ministry of Health have confirmed an active outbreak of cutaneous ulcers caused by Haemophilus ducreyi in the ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years ...

The One Nation Reggae Festival has emerged as a strategic cultural platform within Sierra Leone’s tourism and creative ...

The One Nation Reggae Festival has emerged as a strategic cultural platform within Sierra Leone’s tourism and creative ...

The government's vaccine campaign, developed in collaboration with global health organizations including Gavi, the World Health Organization and UNICEF, is set to reach 20,000 frontline workers ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, August 9 (UNHCR) - Sierra Leone is experiencing a wave of homecoming this week as its refugees in Liberia continue streaming home while their counterparts from Guinea make the ...

Where is your favourite destination and why? Freetown, Sierra Leone. It’s always like going back home — it’s where I was born and I have family there. It’s amazing and you have everything: the beach, ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (UNHCR) - For most of my life, going to a hairdressing saloon has been a necessary inconvenience. I have never looked forward to it, nor exchanged confidentialities with my ...