ESI Africa1d
Sierra Leone: Plant to address waste, energy challenges
A waste to energy plant is to be constructed in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, that will address several socio-economic challenges including the chronic lack of electricity access.
Sierra Leone: Eco-friendly mayor wins German Africa Prize
"I grew up in a green city. I loved climbing the trees, even when I was little," Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr tells DW. These memories ...
The Sierra Leone Telegraph13h
Sierra Leone’s electricity sector hits rock botton as EDSA is accused of shameful admission of failure
For the first time in Sierra Leone’s history, citizens have been subjected to the most disgraceful and insulting press release from the ...
The main ingredients in Sierra Leone’s kush are synthetic opioids and cannabinoids, report finds
A new report released by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few ...
Human Rights Watch8y
I. SUMMARY
In December l998, following the capture of the diamond rich Kono district and subsequently Makeni, Sierra Leone's fifth largest city, thousands of RUF fighters started moving towards the capital.