Monday's collapse is not an isolated incident; there have been several instances of building collapse in Freetown over the past few months. Experts say most buildings lack permits.

A total of 15 people have been killed after a seven-story building collapsed in Freetown the capital of Sierra Leone the National Disaster Managemen ...

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Isata, a single mother in her early twenties, epitomises the horrors of the lives of sex workers in Sierra Leone. She has been beaten, ...

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The National Security Council convened this morning (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to discuss security... Partnerships were the name of the game as ...