Sierra Leone marked its first National Day of Remembrance on Sunday in honor of the victims of the country’s ten year civil ...

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio apologized on Sunday to victims of the country's 1991-2002 civil war that killed ...

Dan Lanning is for the people. It’s one of his many calling cards, from showcasing his day-to-day coaching style with “Ducks vs Them”... For University of Oregon student and football equipment manager ...

June 19 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's special war crimes court sentenced three former leaders of the country's AFRC militia to jail terms ranging from 45-50 years on Thursday. Here are some key facts ...

On this day in 2002, the civil war in Sierra Leone was officially declared over; more than 50,000 people are estimated to ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Sierra Leone-born Ishmael Beah came to the United States in 1998, he said, he met ignorance.

Joseph Sakendu Jones Jr. is a student at the University of Arizona, majoring in political science. He originally is from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and came to the United States as a refugee in 2000.

LONDON, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sierra Leone's government may have helped British private security service firms recruit former child soldiers to work as guards in Iraq from 2009, said ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- A former rebel leader whose followers were known for mutilating civilians was indicted Monday along with six others by Sierra Leone's war crimes tribunal. The indictments ...

In 1991, a rebel army known as The Revolutionary United Front (aka the RUF) began terrorizing the eastern villages of Sierra Leone in an effort to gain control of the country's diamond mines. With ...