This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, while on an Art Historical and ...

British journalist Katrina Manson, 28, has worked as a reporter in Britain, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and several other African countries. She has been based in Sierra Leone for the past year ...

In Sierra Leone, the European Union and the World Bank have spent about $200 million combined on road building and rehabilitation since a 1991-2002 civil war devastated the country's infrastructure.

The Sierra Leone Roads Authority had tried to stop the construction work, citing its proximity to a major road, agency engineer Francis Bendu said.

Sierra Leoneans were split on the government’s handling of managing physical infrastructure such as roads and bridges (49% positive, 50% negative). These evaluations were very consistent across ...