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 ...

Girls as young as 10 are sometimes legally wed here in the U.S., even as we tell other countries to end this cruel practice.

Voice of conscience: Malaysian international lawyer Shyamala Alagendra, whose pursuit of justice has taken her from the ruins of Timor-Leste to courtrooms worldwide. (Shyamala Alagendra pic) When ...

Isha Johansen (M) with prison officials A FIFA Foundation Board Member, Isha Johansen, has called for stronger collaboration to harness football as a catalyst for social change and prisonRead ...

FIFA Foundation Board Member Madam Isha Johansen has called for greater collaboration in harnessing football as a tool for ...

It takes an outsider to say what we already know but refuse to admit. Many Nigerians woke up this morning to learn that Donald Trump, the US president, has designated Nigeria as a “country of ...

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

A world-famous sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees in Sierra Leone has reopened to the public, ending a five-month closure in ...

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, ...

Reform Systems that Undermine Women's Rights Women giving birth in public hospitals in Sierra Leone who are unable to pay informal fees face dangerous neglect and abuse by health care providers, in ...

Sierra Leone came to the United Nations Security Council ready to change the system. Instead, it found itself learning just ...