FREETOWN (Reuters) - Ducking into a Starbucks for a caffeine fix could lead you to a harrowing tale of child soldiery in the tangled jungles of Sierra Leone. "A Long Way Gone" is a novel by ...

Sierra Leone’s June 2023 parliamentary elections are the fifth since the end of the civil war in 2002. They also mark a decade since the closure of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The court ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Prosecutors will call their first witnesses to the stand on Monday in the delayed trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, charged with orchestrating atrocities in Sierra ...

In the leafy suburbs of Oslo Amputee Camp in this northern town in Sierra Leone, a three-hour drive from the capital city of Freetown, survivors and perpetrators of the 1991-2002 civil war live side ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands AP - Lawyers for Charles Taylor began his defense against war crimes charges Monday, arguing that the former Liberian president was not responsible for the murder, rape and ...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday by an international war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, for a series of atrocities, including funding rebels in Sierra Leone.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor again boycotted a court in The Hague that has charged him with orchestrating a murderous terrorism campaign in Sierra Leone, prompting the judge to delay the ...

Between 2016 and 2019 I conducted over two years of fieldwork in Sierra Leone on the relationship between the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the ex-combatant community. My work examines ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Aminatta Forna was just 11 when her ...

The Special Court for war crimes in the West African state of Sierra Leone has welcomed the UN's resolution (1638) unanimously passed on November 11, 2005 that granted a Chapter V11 mandate to the UN ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her: Her parents were gone, her uncle had abandoned her, and she witnessed the ...