The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, traveled across an ocean to her home’s “sister city” in New Haven to promote cross-continent comity, a shared history of liberation, green energy consciousness, ...

Idris Elba has visions of the future and is hard at work building a new "smart eco-city" on an island in Sierra Leone. Idris Elba has visions for the future and is hard at work on a new “smart ...

Idris Elba wants to build an eco-friendly smart city in Sierra Leone. “The Wire” star is working with Siaka Stevens, his childhood friend, to develop a smart city on Sherbro Island after the region ...

Tens of thousands of people in Freetown, Sierra Leone, live in informal settlements dense with metal and concrete buildings that trap heat and make heatwaves more dangerous. An experiment has shown ...

A nationwide curfew has been declared in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked the country's main and largest military barracks in Freetown, the capital city, raising fears of a breakdown of order amid a ...

Sierra Leone's parliament descended into chaos on Wednesday, with a large brawl breaking out between government and opposition MPs. Legislators in Freetown, the capital and largest city of Sierra ...

Vickie writes about Sierra Leonean football star Kei Kamara: “Back in July over 50,000 football fans watched Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara of the Kansas City Wizards score the winning goal for a 2-1 ...

The West African nation will let communities veto mining, farming and industrial projects. Activists say the legislation is a progressive landmark. At least one investor calls it unworkable. By Elian ...

C hanterlands Girls Football Club (GFC) have only been established for a few years, but already they have a sister club more ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s ...