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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...