Recovery efforts in Sierra Leone, as elsewhere ... right way to respond to the enormous mental health consequences of civil war? Can retelling traumatic experiences, meant to ease the ...

McKeon, an Irish missionary, stayed in Sierra Leone during the civil war and helped the injured ... survivors and perpetrators in healing and recovery regardless of their race, religion, or ...

Rebels in Sierra Leone continue disarming at a high rate, signaling what many believe is finally the end of a 10-year brutal civil war that centered on control of the West African country's rich ...

Sierra Leone is starting to reap the benefits of its natural resources after the end of a brutal civil war but elections next year will be a key test of the country’s recovery, its vice ...

On a busy weekend in Freetown, Sierra Leone, dozens of people gather to ... “At that time, there were no activities like trauma recovery for them. So, amputees believed that once they lost ...

Twenty years on, the country is still trying to recover from the civil war, one of Africa's most brutal. Sierra Leone remains deeply divided and plagued by corruption. And despite its many riches ...

"I am so, so happy right now," says Mr Turay. An entire generation were robbed of their education by Sierra Leone's ghastly, decade-long civil war. "I am illiterate and so is my wife," says Mr Turay.

During the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone, rebel soldiers mutiliated thousands of innocent victims. We talk with two physicians, one from the U.S. the other from Sierra Leone, who have teamed up to ...

It’s been almost a month since torrential rains caused widespread flooding and a mountainside to collapse on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s ... than a decade of civil war and a deadly Ebola ...