Sierra Leone

Mohamed came to Australia as a teenager. Now, he faces being deported to a country he doesn’t know

After almost a decade in immigration detention Mohamed Coker was told he would be put on a plane to Sierra Leone within hours

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

06, Apr, 2024 @6:01 AM

It’s not unpatriotic to tell the whole truth about Britain and the end of slavery | Ella Sinclair

The mooted memorial to the navy’s West Africa Squadron seems to be an attempt to rewrite history in a more favourable light, says writer Ella Sinclair

Ella Sinclair

27, Mar, 2024 @2:25 PM

Idris Elba reveals ‘dream’ of building eco city on island off Sierra Leone

Actor and his childhood friend planning development on Sherbro to be a public-private partnership

Kevin Rawlinson

18, Mar, 2024 @2:06 PM

Anti-FGM caravan embarks on 7,400-mile campaign to end cutting in Africa

Activists will cross the continent visiting areas where the practice is prevalent to revive progress in protecting women and girls

Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi

07, Feb, 2024 @12:32 PM

Three girls die after FGM rituals in Sierra Leone

Children’s parents and those who performed the procedure are in police custody, according to local reports

Weronika Strzyżyńska

02, Feb, 2024 @6:00 AM

Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women

Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds

Sarah Johnson

10, Oct, 2023 @4:00 AM

Eight of the world’s most amazing trees – from the Major Oak to the Lone Cypress

Spectacular ancient trees stir deep feelings, as the felling of Sycamore Gap showed. Here are more noble specimens, including one whose survival is a deep-rooted puzzle

Hannah Jane Parkinson

06, Oct, 2023 @12:36 PM

‘It’s like smoking poison’: Sierra Leone’s youth battle addiction to a mystery drug

No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the ‘kush devil’ is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back

Katy Fallon in Freetown

13, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM

‘It is for us, who will give birth here’: the women breaking barriers to build Sierra Leone’s new maternity unit

The state-of-the-art facility will bring huge improvements to care in the country but it is also challenging gender roles in the construction industry

Katy Fallon in Kono

04, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM

Foreign aid cuts are a disaster for women | Letters

Letters: Britain’s foreign aid cuts are having dire consequences for some of the world’s most vulnerable women and children, writes Prof Geeta Nargund. Plus, Lib Dem peer Malcolm Bruce on the transformational effect of aid spending

08, Aug, 2023 @3:32 PM

Woman killed at opposition party HQ during Sierra Leone elections

The nurse was shot at the APC building in Freetown, as government forces fired bullets and teargas to trap opposition party members – including the presidential candidate – inside

Sarah Johnson

28, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM