After you step out of Lungi International Airport, you need to take a ferry or small speedboat across the Atlantic to reach Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. It's only a couple of kilometres at sea ...

FREETOWN (Reuters Life!) - The slopes of Leicester Peak, a protected rainforest on a hill above Sierra Leone's capital, are a jumble of haphazard development and half-finished villas. Concrete ...

BOBOH, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Boboh village used to do a roaring trade in the "Pa Gbana" cocktail, a mix of fermented local grasses, coconut and lime favoured by tourists to wash down freshly-cooked ...

In cities around the world, there are certain traditions on Sunday mornings. Strolling in Central Park in New York. Sitting at an outdoor café in Paris. In Freetown, Sierra Leone, it's soccer on the ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Peter Kessler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 7 December 2001 UNHCR on ...