Sierra Leone refugees en route home. FREETOWN, Nov. 27 (UNHCR) - For the first time since the civil war began more than a decade ago, the U.N. refugee agency will shortly begin to help thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kids jump on tires over a sewage in a slum in Freetown, Sierra Leone, December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner By Kieran Guilbert ...

Richard Memba feeds his child by the roadside after the family was kicked out of their Mau Forest home at the weekend. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] People residing in the Sierra Leone settlement in the ...

FREETOWN - A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara ...

FREETOWN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When floods struck several slums across Sierra Leone's capital last year, 55-year-old Amienata Bangura was forced to flee as her small shop, stock and years of ...