Sierra Leone’s June 2023 parliamentary elections are the fifth since the end of the civil war in 2002. They also mark a decade since the closure of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The court ...

Joseph Sakendu Jones Jr. is a student at the University of Arizona, majoring in political science. He originally is from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and came to the United States as a refugee in 2000.

A U.N.-backed court on Thursday convicted ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor of war crimes during the conflict in Sierra Leone, making him the first former head of state to be found guilty by an ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A former leader of a militia accused of torturing and mutilating civilians during Sierra Leone’s civil war has been granted provisional release and will serve out the ...

A school in Koindu damaged during the Sierra Leone Civil War by RUF rebel forces. (Image by United States Agency for International Development via Courthouse News) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees. Now many live on the streets and beg, facing discrimination. They are often regarded as a ...

In Sierra Leone, schools were set back, twice within two decades. The violently destructive Mano River War from 1991-2002 closed schools, damaged structures and drove educators from the country.