Julius Maada Bio has stressed the importance of maintaining regional unity as the bloc deals with various challenges, ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 31, 2025 / 11:30 am Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week: Sierra Leone limits physical contact at Mass amid mpox outbreak Freetown Archbishop ...

Ever since the UN ’s World Health Organisation ( WHO) declared mpox a “public-health emergency of international concern” a ...

Sierra Leone's government has declared a public health emergency over the drug Kush.

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At a vast landfill in Sierra Leone 's capital of Freetown, smoke billows over decades of decomposing waste. Zainab sits there, squinting through the soot. It is her ...

As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighbouring countries and spark a ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS. The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, was ...

Sierra Leone's government has declared a public health emergency over the drug Kush.