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Sierra Leone

Three tankers reportedly attacked by drones in Black Sea, shipping agency says

FILE PHOTO: Palau-flagged crude oil tanker James II transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, December 21, 2024. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Palau-flagged crude oil tanker James II transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, December 21, 2024. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo

Sierra Leone receives first group of West African deportees from US

Sierra Leone to take in hundreds of West Africans deported by US, minister says

Libyan court jails four human traffickers for up to 22 years, attorney general says

Sierra Leone says members of its security forces held by Guinea in border dispute

Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home

Mohamed Alghali, 33, looks at an album containing photographs of his mother, Rabbiatu Kuyateh, at the home they shared in Bowie, Maryland, U.S., December 10, 2025. Kuyateh was deported in November to Ghana, which has an agreement with the Trump administration to take West African migrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries. She said she was then flown against her will to her native Sierra Leone, where she feared she could be tortured because of her father's ties to the political opposition. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez
Mohamed Alghali, 33, looks at an album containing photographs of his mother, Rabbiatu Kuyateh, at the home they shared in Bowie, Maryland, U.S., December 10, 2025. Kuyateh was deported in November to Ghana, which has an agreement with the Trump administration to take West African migrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries. She said she was then flown against her will to her native Sierra Leone, where she feared she could be tortured because of her father's ties to the political opposition. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez

Nigeria offers protection to Guinea-Bissau opposition candidate Dias

Soldiers patrol on the main road in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Soldiers patrol on the main road in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Horse racing-Forever Young hangs on to win Breeders' Cup Classic

Netherlands discusses extradition request for cocaine kingpin Leijdekkers with Sierra Leone

FILE PHOTO: Convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers attends a church service in Tihun, Sierra Leone, January 1, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. First Lady Fatima Maada Bio via Facebook/via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers attends a church service in Tihun, Sierra Leone, January 1, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. First Lady Fatima Maada Bio via Facebook/via REUTERS/File Photo

Sierra Leone 'kush' drug made of ingredients from China, UK, report says

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.