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Sierra Leone accounted for half of Africa's confirmed mpox cases this week, the continent's main health body said on Thursday, adding that the West African country was fuelling the outbreak.

Electricity supplies have been restored to Sierra Leone following weeks of power cuts, after it paid off part of the $48m (£38m) bill it owed to a Turkish company.

Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency after increased cases of substance abuse. President Julius Maada Bio's decree Thursday follows an explosive rise in the use of a synthetic drug known as Kush.

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national emergency because of the rampant drug abuse in the country.

A former president of Sierra Leone has been called in for questioning by police over recent attacks that officials say was a failed coup, an official said Thursday.

Sierra Leone police have summoned former president Ernest Bai Koroma for questioning over the failed coup attempt late last month.

The president of Sierra Leone has described a foiled assault on a military barracks in the capital Freetown as an “attack on democracy.”

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio announced on Sunday evening that calm has been restored after a day of armed clashes in Freetown, which he portrayed as an attempt to destabilize the state. Most of the perpetrat...

Several senior military officers have been arrested in Sierra Leone, after weeks of political instability following the conclusion of presidential and general elections held on 24th of June 2023.

Sierra Leone says it is working with neighboring countries to step up the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea after a Chinese fishing vessel was hijacked in its waters earlier this week.

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's main opposition party said it had decided to formally reject the results of the national election won by President Julius Maada Bio, citing "glaring irregularities", and called for a r...

European election observers in Sierra Leone said there were "statistical inconsistencies" in the presidential results published by the electoral commission, which declared President Julius Maada Bio the winner of Saturda...

The small West African nation, one of the world’s poorest, had gained attention for an education initiative by President Julius Maada Bio that sent many more children to school.

Sierra Leone counted votes in a tense presidential election on Monday following violence and the death of an opposition party volunteer at the weekend, as international observers voiced concern about lack of transparency...

Voting is under way in tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis.

Sierra Leone is gearing up for crucial presidential elections on Saturday amid growing discontent and calls for change from its citizens.

Violence broke out around Sierra Leone's main opposition party headquarters on Wednesday, killing at least one person, days before an election in which President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second and final term.

Sierra Leoneans are heading to the polls on Saturday, June 24, to select their next president amid mounting frustration due to an ailing economy, rising unemployment and the loom of deadly protests.

Sierra Leoneans are heading to the polls on Saturday, June 24, to select their next president amid mounting frustration due to an ailing economy, rising unemployment and the loom of deadly protests

Sierra Leone's leading opposition candidate has called for the country's electoral commissioners to resign a week before a presidential poll, saying his party did not believe in their ability to hold free and fair electi...