After you step out of Lungi International Airport, you need to take a ferry or small speedboat across the Atlantic to reach Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. It's only a couple of kilometres at sea ...

Soccer on the sand of Lumley Beach is a big Sunday pastime in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Pick-up games run up and down the shoreline. (Jason Beaubien/NPR) In cities around the world, there are certain ...

Where is your favourite destination and why? Freetown, Sierra Leone. It’s always like going back home — it’s where I was born and I have family there. It’s amazing and you have everything: the beach, ...

A little over a decade ago, Sierra Leone was in the grip of a brutal civil war that tore the country apart. Today, the economy is on the mend and... President Koroma: Sierra Leone's Beaches Make It A ...

BOBOH, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Boboh village used to do a roaring trade in the "Pa Gbana" cocktail, a mix of fermented local grasses, coconut and lime favoured by tourists to wash down freshly-cooked ...

In cities around the world, there are certain traditions on Sunday mornings. Strolling in Central Park in New York. Sitting at an outdoor café in Paris. In Freetown, Sierra Leone, it's soccer on the ...

Oil prices climbed sharply on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, raising fresh ...