Theresa Betancourt has studied Sierra Leone’s former child soldiers. Her new book Shadows into Light tells their stories.

Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his ...

Farming trainees who have been amputated during Sierra Leone's civil war from 1991-2002, do warmup exercises before starting ...

Building off of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded Longitudinal Study of War-affected Youth (LSWAY) that began in 2002 at the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, our newest research is ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her ...

He had moved to Finland in 2008 and was arrested two years ago. Mr Massaquoi was a school teacher when Sierra Leone's civil war began in 1991. He joined the RUF, quickly rising through the ranks ...

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...

The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington Tim Hetherington's photos: Liberia, Sierra Leone Pictures from the Libyan civil war, and a final image from Sierra Leone. Gallery ...

Sierra Leone is extremely poor and nearly half ... but it is still recovering from a civil war that destroyed most institutions before ending in the early 2000s. In recent years, economic growth ...

Sierra Leone is a poor country in western Africa. A former British colony, it is significant in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, serving as both a departure point for captive people and a ...