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This is How a Mudslide Can Kill So Many People in Sierra Leone

Rainy season is currently upon Sierra Leone but this year the rains brought more than the country can handle. Heavy rains over the weekend around the capitol Freetown resulted in flash flooding and several major mudslides, killing several hundred people...

Map of the Day: Can Sierra Leone Kick Ebola?

Today’s map comes from the World Health Organization. It shows the number of days each district of Sierra Leone has gone since the last reported case of ebola. The magic number here is 42. This is double the 21 day...

Charles Taylor Verdict

As the guilty verdict in the five year-long trial of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, was handed down yesterday in the Hague, Liberians looked to the sky and saw an ominous sign: a perfect circular rainbow around the sun.

A Conversation with Ernest Bai Koroma and Alassane Ouattara

The Council of Foreign Relations and the Africa-America Institute hosted a discussion with Côte d'Ivoire president Alassane Ouattara and Sierra Leone president Ernest Koroma. UN Dispatch brings you some of the highlights of this intimate event.