WASHINGTON, October 30, 2025 - The World Bank today approved an additional grant of $18.34 million to support Sierra Leone in enhancing biodiversity ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) holds second meeting of subcommittee on women in trade to strengthen their participation in cross-border trade in west Africa ...

SAO PAULO — Just days ahead of the U.N. climate conference to be held in Brazil, a group of 300 mayors gathered Monday in Rio ...

Senegal has its acclaimed Saint-Louis Jazz Festival and Dak’Art Biennale, Burkina Faso’s mammoth film festival, FESPACO, while Benin’s return to ancestral art and Cote d’Ivoire’s resurgent nightlife ...

The Breeders' Cup, known as the Super Bowl of horse racing, is expected to generate at least $150 million for the regional ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing our world. It has helped a few companies in developed countries set record-breaking ...

Sierra Leone explores blockchain to boost digital governance and transparency SIGN group meets officials to assess blockchain use in public services Tech push follows $50M World Bank grant and past ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday released a report documenting widespread obstetric violence faced by women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone.  In its 80-page report, ...

A world-famous sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone has reopened to the public, ending a five-month closure in protest at the dangers of deforestation, the reserve told AFP on Monday.

Sierra Leone clinched an unexpected win at last year's Breeders' Cup Classic with a tactical early move instead of a late ...

Women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone face demeaning, dangerous, and potentially deadly neglect, abandonment, and abuse by healthcare providers if they cannot pay for ...