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 ...

Sierra Leone’s June 2023 parliamentary elections are the fifth since the end of the civil war in 2002. They also mark a decade since the closure of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The court ...

In the leafy suburbs of Oslo Amputee Camp in this northern town in Sierra Leone, a three-hour drive from the capital city of Freetown, survivors and perpetrators of the 1991-2002 civil war live side ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Ducking into a Starbucks for a caffeine fix could lead you to a harrowing tale of child soldiery in the tangled jungles of Sierra Leone. "A Long Way Gone" is a novel by ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor again boycotted a court in The Hague that has charged him with orchestrating a murderous terrorism campaign in Sierra Leone, prompting the judge to delay the ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday by an international war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, for a series of atrocities, including funding rebels in Sierra Leone.

As a Roman Catholic priest in his native Sierra Leone in 1998, the Rev. Johannes George — vicar of Christ the King — was forced to flee into the jungle with orphaned children to escape persecution ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her: Her parents were gone, her uncle had abandoned her, and she witnessed the ...

Many of the migrant workers sheltering in the Beirut warehouse are unable to leave as they 'don't have their passports', a volunteer says — Joseph EID Not far from Beirut's heavily bombed southern ...

President Julius Maada Bio says many troubles afflicting Sierra Leone, from high inflation to unrest, originate from outside his nation. Facing a tight run for reelection later this month, he says he ...

Efforts to rebuild Sierra Leone after its bloody civil war begin to show progress, with significant assistance from the international community. The West African nation is host to the largest U.N.