President Barack Obama will Thursday meet leaders from four sub-Saharan African nations to stress the need to develop democratic institutions on a continent scarred by poverty and unrest.
Prosecutors and lawyers defending former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor will today begin their appeals at Sierra Leone's UN-backed special court against his 50-year prison sentence
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma vowed to transform the fortunes of the war-scarred nation with more jobs and development after his convincing re-election victory.
Sierra Leone's elections yesterday were generally peaceful, transparent and showed a high voter turnout, election observers said, despite delays in opening some polling stations.
Sierra Leoneans vote today in elections they hope can propel the small West African state into an era of prosperity based on mining and oil after a decade of difficult recovery from civil war.
Three-quarters of African countries and several "Arab Spring" nations are at high or extreme risk of a food crisis, according to an analysis published today.
Sierra Leone's government today declared a cholera outbreak a national emergency after 176 deaths and 10 800 reported cases since January, health ministry sources said.
Liberia's government has welcomed the lifting of UN sanctions against 17 Liberians who were part of former warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor's regime..
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor could be jailed for the rest of his life today when he is sentenced by an international court for backing Sierra Leonean rebels
A UN backed Sierra Leone court convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes today, the first African head of state to be found guilty by an international tribunal.
