Dutch Justice Minister Foort van Oosten is preparing to visit West Africa to urge Sierra Leone and nearby countries to assist in the extradition of Jos Leijdekkers. The Netherlands has so far received ...

Twenty-five years ago, I was taken hostage in Sierra Leone. Eleven of us - ten British soldiers and our interpreter - were captured by the West Side Boys militia during the country’s brutal civil war.

A major international drug trafficker has found refuge in the country, diplomats from Sierra Leone suspected of collaborating with traffickers, and the spread of drugs among young people: has Sierra ...