FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took ...

While women in the West have made significant progress in combating gender discrimination in recent decades, girls in Sierra Leone still face entrenched inequality, according to Rebecca Feldman, BC ...

In Italy, rescue workers pulled an 11-year-old girl out of the Mediterranean after she survived three days at sea clinging to a pair of inner tubes following a shipwreck. The child, who is from Sierra ...

Germany’s CompassCollective said the crew on its vessel were en route to another emergency when they heard shouting from the water and picked up the girl around 3 a.m. wearing a life jacket and ...

Resistance of communities from Cameroon and Sierra Leone whose lands have been invaded by the palm oil and rubber company Socfin for decades dealt an economic blow to the company.

Land disputes in Sierra Leone are a complex issue, dating back decades. Weak land tenure systems, rapid urbanisation and population growth, poverty, inequality, corruption and weak governance are some ...

If today’s young people are tomorrow’s leaders, they will inherit not only the world’s problems but also the tools and ideas to solve them. One of the biggest changes they will face is a changing ...