Sierra Leone Located on the west coast of Africa and bordered by Guinea to the northeast, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the southwest, Sierra Leone is roughly the size of South Carolina. The country's landmass of 71,740...

Republic of Sierra Leone CAPITAL: Freetown FLAG: The national flag is a tricolor of green, white, and blue horizontal stripes. ANTHEM: Begins "High we exalt thee, realm of the free, Great is the love we have for thee." MONETARY UNIT: The...

In January 2002 after a decade of civil war, peace was proclaimed in Sierra Leone and tens of thousands of soldiers disarmed as the country awaited democratic elections in May. Grave concerns remain, however, about the endurance of the fragile peace....

Sierra Leone is located on what was once called the "Rice Coast" of West Africa. Its 27,699 square miles are bordered by the republics of Guinea to the north and northeast and Liberia to the south. It encompasses areas of heavy rain...

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a constitutional republic nation in West Africa, comprising three Provinces and one Area. It is bordered by Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south, with the Atlantic Ocean on the west....

Sierra Leone's president grounded all commercial helicopters and suspended the country's transport minister Tuesday following a weekend crash that killed 22 people, officials said.The helicopter was ferrying Togolese soccer fans and sports officials _ including Togolese Minister for Youth and Sports Richard Attipoe _ to...

Sierra Leone held its first presidential elections Saturday since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago, a historic poll that many hope will show this country can transfer power peacefully after being ravaged by coups and a long, diamond-fueled civil war.Voters arrived before dawn, weathering a...

The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone, a country outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan called a success story.A U.N. peacekeeping force helped put Sierra Leone back on the path to peace after a bloody 11-year...

Isaiah Washington, who traced his ancestral roots to Sierra Leone through DNA testing, has donated $25,000 to a computer animation project that aims to detail the Atlantic slave trade.The "Grey's Anatomy" star started a nonprofit foundation last year to improve the lives of people in...

Essay discusses the position of the United Nations on the issue of Sierra Leone and their landmines.