Kadiatu “KK” Kamara is Sierra Leone’s only female surfer. She is ranked as a top surfer in West Africa after coming in second place at her most recent competition in Liberia. She didn’t know she would ...

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 ...

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 ...

Political scientist Dr Kwame Asah-Asante has criticised the Ghanaian government’s handling of the ongoing deportation of West African nationals from the United States, describing the situation as ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the latest news from the continent, NPR Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton offers an update on the trouble in the Delta between security forces and militants, round two of voting in Sierra ...

Country’s UN envoy says 'presidency will pull transparency, inclusivity and efficiency, working to build consensus and in close consultations with all council members' - Anadolu Ajansı ...