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Health workers in Sierra Leone see surge in mpox cases

Freetown, Sierra Leone—Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry official told...

S.Leone president says US pressured him to interfere in vote

The president of Sierra Leone on Friday accused the United States of pressuring him to interfere in his country's June 24 election count, a...

Sierra Leone wants abortion decriminalized

Sierra Leone’s government has approved a draft law that would decriminalize abortion in a country with one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. President...

Nearly 100 killed, dozens injured in Sierra Leone tanker explosion

A massive fireball sparked by a fuel tanker explosion killed 98 people in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the West African country’s disaster management agency...

‘Drinking blood’: Witnesses testify on Liberia war crimes

Witnesses have come forward in the first war-crimes trial held in Liberia, against former rebel Gibril Massaquoi, to testify about alleged rape and ritual...

Growing concern over first W.Africa Ebola outbreak for five years

West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday, with Guinea responding to what...

Celebs to lead TED global call on climate

San Francisco—The Pope and Prince William will join activists, artists, celebrities and politicians on Saturday at a free streamed TED event aimed at unifying...

Sierra Leone’s secret societies mark bodies and minds

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Sierra Leone ‘people’s pop star’ on life as govt enemy No.1

  For a musician used to receiving personal insults from the president and anonymous death threats with the release of every new single, Emmerson Bockarie...

Sierra Leone appeals for aid

FREETOWN"•Sierra Leone’s president issued a desperate appeal for help a day after flooding ravaged the country’s capital, killing more than 300 people and leaving...

2 girls die after circumcisions in Sierra Leone, Guinea

A teenage girl died after undergoing a botched female circumcision in Sierra Leone, police said, just days after the death of a 10-year-old girl...
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