Her haunting work focused on the lingering traces of conflict in places like Bosnia and Sierra Leone, after the firing had ...

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 ...

June 19 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's special war crimes court sentenced three former leaders of the country's AFRC militia to jail terms ranging from 45-50 years on Thursday. Here are some key facts ...

CHARLESTON - In anticipation of the upcoming performance of the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars during Celebration weekend, Eastern Illinois University will present a screening of the acclaimed ...

Joseph Sakendu Jones Jr. is a student at the University of Arizona, majoring in political science. He originally is from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and came to the United States as a refugee in 2000.

In 1991, a rebel army known as The Revolutionary United Front (aka the RUF) began terrorizing the eastern villages of Sierra Leone in an effort to gain control of the country's diamond mines. With ...

I feel lucky to have had the chance to meet an incredible young lady named Mariama Conteh-Elliott. Here is a girl who had her hand cut off by rebel fighters and watched soldiers torch neighbors' homes ...

June 20 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's special war crimes court handed down its first verdicts on Wednesday, finding three leaders of a militia guilty of war crimes that including killing, raping and ...