Qatar, South Korea, Canada, Denmark and Sierra Leone launched on Tuesday the Group of Friends of Solidarity for Global Health Security to combat the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) ...

HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi received a copy of the credentials of ambassador of Sierra Leone to Qatar, Hajja Ishita Thomas, on Thursday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved a new $172 million loan programme for Sierra Leone to help the West African country combat rising inflation and lacklustre economic growth.

His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio held on Sunday an official round of talks at the Emiri Diwan.

The losing candidate in Sierra Leone's presidential election, Samura Kamara, said the voting was marred by fraud and he plans to launch a legal challenge to the result.

Voting began Saturday in Sierra Leone in the final round of a delayed run-off presidential election after a campaign marked by verbal sparring, sporadic violence and a last-minute legal battle.

Sierra Leone's High Court on Monday lifted an order that had halted the country's presidential runoff, although the electoral commission has requested a brief postponement after losing valuable time to prepare the vote.

The egg-sized gem -- known as the "Peace Diamond" -- was bought by British luxury jeweller Laurence Graff, said Martin Rapaport, chairman of Rapaport Group.

A 5-year-old migrant boy who risked dying from hypothermia while hiding in a freight train near the border with Austria has been rescued by Italian police and taken to a hospital.

Sierra Leone will vaccinate half a million people against cholera as thousands risk infection in emergency shelters with limited access to clean water and sanitation, an official said ...

Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week's devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city's chief coroner told Reuters on Sunday.

Rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown and the search continues for more, the mayor said on Tuesday.