Sierra Leone's first lady Fatima Jabbe-Bio, 44, is still listed as the tenant of a south London council flat, despite having lived in a luxury mansion for the last seven years in Freetown.

Off the Freetown Peninsula’s southern tip, the densely forested Banana Islands are a tropical idyll with some of West Africa’s best snorkeling, scuba diving and spearfishing.

It’s not the most obvious choice for your Africa bucket list. But with awesome beaches, an emerging food scene, and vibrant local culture, Freetown, Sierra Leone is worth a look.

Few cities face the kind of challenges that Freetown faces. A city of 1 million and capital of the West African nation of Sierra Leone, Freetown endured a bloody civil war in the 1990s and ...

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone on Wednesday, protesting inflation and the rising cost of living in the West African country, according to people that CNN ...