Ristvedt and her husband, Eric, worked at the hospital in Sierra Leone named after her grandfather, Dr. Lowell Gess.

Sierra Leone has a rich history, from slavery and the slave trade as one of the worst indelible marks on the conscience of mankind, to ...

Sierra Leone has a rich history, from slavery and the slave trade as one of the worst indelible marks on the conscience of ...

On 8 February 2025, the authorities in Liberia seized a “shipment of 234 kg of cocaine at Bo Waterside, a key border crossing ...

Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of ...

Liberia is at a crossroads. As West Africa becomes an increasingly critical hub in the global drug trade, the country's fragile justice system and porous borders are allowing international traffickers ...

ShareAs regional efforts by African leaders to ensure adequate power take shape, the World Bank has lauded the continental projection. The global lender in a report titled, “Powering Africa: The ...

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The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) and Côte d’Ivoire have reinforced their commitment to regional health security through a cross-border symposium on Mpox preparedness and ...

A Nation on the Brink The skies over Sierra Leone are darkening, not with storms, but with the shadows of an unfolding narco-crisis that threatens to destabilize not just the country, but the entire ...

For all that however, the slave trade had to be brought to an end because it was standing in the way of the development of something even more profitable, if not any less abhorrent than the slave ...

The first lady of Serria Leone, Mrs Fatima Bio was elected as the President of OAFLAD, while the first lady of Angola, Mrs Ana Lorenzo was elected Vice President. Mrs Tinubu joins the eight-member ...