UN Secretary General pledges more international support to tackle the crisis and a Canadian team leaves for Sierra Leone to help contain the outbreak

Sierra Leone is battling fear and famine during the epidemic

The World Health Organization says fewer than 100 new Ebola cases were reported last week in the worst-affected countries

Why health-care systems in West Africa still need strengthening

The stories of four refugees from Africa and the Middle East who have found creative success.

Sierra Leone's ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma has been listed as a suspect in what authorities say was a failed coup attempt last month.

Sierra Leone's government says armed men attacked institutions in the capital in an attempted coup last Sunday.

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio claims ‘calm restored’ after government said the attack was repelled.

Voting is under way in tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis.

Attacks have been reported in Sierra Leone - as people await the outcome of Saturday’s elections.

In addition to the faltering economy, violence and intimidation loom over Saturday's election.

A new investigation unit is being set up to hold Russians accountable for suspected war crimes in Ukraine.

Gender equality laws fail to ensure success for female candidates in Sierra Leone.

The tree was a symbol of freedom and had been a national landmark for centuries.

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The central bank has removed three zeros and re-printed notes.

Rising inflation in Sierra Leone is pushing many families into extreme poverty and on to the streets.

More than 1,100 people were killed when a part of Sugarloaf Mountain broke away, sending rocks and debris downhill.

The UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In Sierra Leone, a steady rise in inflation is forcing many families to cut down on what they eat.

It was a war infamous for its cruelty, mutilations and child soldiers paid for by exports of so-called "blood diamonds" mined by slave labour.

Medical workers in Sierra Leone say they are better equipped and more prepared for a repeat of an Ebola outbreak.

Sierra Leone's deputy health minister says 99 people have been killed in a fire that followed a fuel tanker explosion.