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.

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.

Behind every glossy photo lies a stretch of hunger, rejection, and doubt. Fame has a way of erasing the hard parts, but many actors began their journeys in places few could survive.

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 ...

In Timor-Leste, Shyamala was sworn in by Sérgio Vieira de Mello, the visionary UN administrator who guided the nation through ...

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

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