Nov 21 2020
FREETOWN Sierra Leonean musician and activist Emmerson Bockarie is no stranger to controversy, having received death threats from all ends of the country's political spectrum over two decades and three successive governments. | Video
Aug 28 2020
(This August 19 story corrects to clarify sourcing and month in third paragraph)
Aug 28 2020
(This August 18 story corrects to clarify sourcing and month in fifth paragraph)
Aug 28 2020
(This August 6, 2019, story corrects to clarify sourcing in 15th paragraph; corrects month in 5th and 15th paragraphs)
Aug 28 2020
FREETOWN, Aug 29 Sierra Leoneans living next to
the country's largest diamond mine are taking their government
to West Africa's regional court for failing to protect them from
alleged environmental lapses by the company that runs it, a
subsidiary of Octea Limited.
Jul 07 2020
FREETOWN Doctors in Sierra Leone, who are refusing to treat COVID-19 patients to press demands for bonus payments and more protective equipment, threatened on Tuesday to suspend care for other patients too if the dispute is not resolved by Sunday.
Jul 02 2020
Freetown Doctors treating COVID-19 patients in Sierra Leone went on strike on Thursday over unpaid bonuses, leaving patients in some of the main treatment centres without care, healthworkers said.
Jul 01 2020
FREETOWN Doctors treating coronavirus patients in Sierra Leone will go on strike within 24 hours after the government failed to pay promised allowances, their union said on Wednesday.