Sierra Leone

The government of Sierra Leone has signed a controversial $55 million deal with the Chinese communist regime to allow it to build an industrial fishing harbor on 250 acres of its beach and protected rainforest. The west African country had previously signed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with China, which has been criticized by the international community as a “debt trap” set up by the regime.

Beijing’s investment has led to its open interference in Sierra Leone’s politics: for the purpose of gaining access to the country’s rich minerals.

A second case of Ebola emerged in Sierra Leone after health officials thought the epidemic was over

A corpse has tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone, officials said Friday, the day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak over in West Africa

The race to end West Africa’s Ebola crisis is not over while a broad humanitarian crisis caused by the virus still remains.

Children in Sierra Leone returned to schools on Tuesday after staying at home for nine months because of the Ebola outbreak

It’s been ten months since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa hit the headlines. And in contrast to Guinea and Liberia where cases have begun slowing down, in Sierra Leone the opposite is true.

The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, which has been surging in recent days, may have reached its peak and be on the verge of slowing down, Sierra Leone’s information minister said Wednesday.