Guinea releases 16 Sierra Leone soldiers and police after a tense arrest tied to a long-running border dispute.

The country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Isata Dumbuya, a nurse and midwife, has made it her mission to change that.

Sierra Leone's government says that several members of a security team including an officer have been apprehended and ...

CONAKRY, Guinea, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Guinea on Friday released 16 security personnel from neighboring Sierra Leone arrested earlier this week, two officials said, a move that may de-escalate the latest ...

Sixteen soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone were released by Guinea after they were detained amid a border dispute. The release followed diplomatic talks led by Sierra Leone's Foreign ...

Sierra Leone on Tuesday accused Guinea of capturing several members of its security forces, in the latest flare-up of a ...

Tensions along the Sierra Leone–Guinea frontier eased on Friday after Guinea released 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers and police officers detained earlier this week during a fresh flare-up over their ...

After 25 years as a midwife in the U.K., Dumbuya returned to her homeland to help run a state-of-the-art maternity center ...

In the decades after Sierra Leone’s civil war (1991-2002), there was pressure on the west African country to demonstrate progress on gender equality. Laws were passed to fight domestic violence, rape ...

An investigation shows that illegal luxury mansions have been built in a Sierra Leone national park that serves as an environmental buffer for its capital ...

Guinea’s military has confirmed the detention of 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers after accusing them of crossing the border and raising their flag on Guinean soil.