Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, serving as both a departure point for captive people and a ...
Sierra Leone was the departure point for thousands of enslaved west African people. Coming full circle, Freetown was established as a home for repatriated former slaves in 1787. Sierra Leone has ...
Freetown. “On behalf of the government of Sierra Leone, I am declaring a public health emergency.” Last week, Sierra Leone reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the African Union’s ...