World & Nation
Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s president after officials declared him the winner of a tense runoff.
Sept. 18, 2007
Two new Ebola cases have been identified in Sierra Leone’s capital in recent days, frustrating hopes that the deadly virus may have been defeated there.
June 23, 2015
Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient emerged from a treatment center Monday singing and dancing, marking a celebratory start to the 42-day countdown to the country being declared free of the virus.
Aug. 24, 2015
Leaders of the three West African nations hardest hit by Ebola sought support from the international financial community Thursday amid warnings that the widening epidemic is devastating the region’s fragile economies.
Oct. 9, 2014
With about 50 African leaders coming to town for a summit and massive gala dinner at the White House this week, the Obama administration had to adjust for a last-minute party spoiler: the deadly Ebola virus.
Aug. 3, 2014
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, according to Sierra Leone’s leader, who ushered in a controversial three-day curfew across the entire country Friday in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola virus.
Sept. 19, 2014
Music
In Sierra Leone, pop music is a beat that drives politics
Jan. 3, 2010
A doctor from Sierra Leone who was leading the fight to battle the deadly Ebola virus outbreak there has died from the disease, officials in that country said.
July 29, 2014
The public health system in the West African nation is a shambles and the government teeters on the edge. Some fear it could become another Somalia.
Nov. 15, 2009
When the power went out that night, Dr.