FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her usual ...

Freetown, Sierra Leone — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took ...

A growing initiative is helping incarcerated women in Africa become certified soccer coaches An official soccer coaching program for incarcerated women is making waves across African correctional ...

Women are learning everything from tie-dye techniques to cake decoration and hair weaving at Twins Empowerment, a training academy in Makeni founded by sisters ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – In this episode of Mongabay Sessions, Romi Castagnino, Mongabay’s associate video producer, interviews documentary director Ibrahim S. Miles Kamara about his impactful film, ...

In Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a vast landfill choked with smoke from decades of decomposing waste serves as an unlikely marketplace for a devastating drug. Amid the billowing soot and the ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (UNHCR) - They come from neighbouring countries, but crossed paths in the tangled web of war in West Africa. Manu Famuley, a Liberian matriarch, recently fled to Sierra Leone to ...

While women in the West have made significant progress in combating gender discrimination in recent decades, girls in Sierra Leone still face entrenched inequality, according to Rebecca Feldman, BC ...

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