SIERRA LEONE PEACE DIAMOND NETS $6.5 MILLION IN AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WEST AFRICAN NATION

The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, though the 113 million sector is plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›

ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMONDS FETCHES $6.5 MILLION TO DEAL WITH SMUGGLERS IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION

The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, but the multi-million dollar sector is still plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›

GIANT 'PEACE DIAMOND' SELLS FOR $6.5M

A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for 6.5m ?4.8m ... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE APPEALS FOR URGENT HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›

MASS BURIALS AFTER DEVASTATING SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE

READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›

FLOODS KILL MORE THAN 300, FEARS RISE FOR 600 MISSING

Sierra Leone entered a week-long mourning period for the victims of flooding that killed more than 300 people, with fears rising for at least 600 missing people... READ MORE›

AFTER SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE, NATION PREPARES FOR MASS FUNERALS

An estimated 400 people who have died so far, according to Sinneh Kamara, assistant officer at Sierra Leone's Connaught hospital, which is serving as the city's morgue... READ MORE›

SAD FAREWELL AS BOLT ENDS GLITTERING CAREER WITH INJURY

Usain Bolt pulled up with injury on the anchor leg of the 4x100 metres relay final at the World Athletics Championships... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

In Sierra Leone, the hardest hit of any nation during the Ebola outbreak, nearly 4,000 people died from the disease altogether 14,000 were infected... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP WINS STANDING OVATION AT RALLY FOR PROPOSING IMMIGRATION LAW THAT ALREADY EXISTS

Guan Yin is one of the most popular and well known Chinese Goddess in Asia and in the world... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF DISEASE

Dr Oliver Johnson, from the King's Sierra Leone partnership, worked at an Ebola clinic in Freetown, and has strong links with medical professionals there... READ MORE›

S LEONE HOUSES SEARCHED FOR EBOLA

Freetown has recorded more than 50 of all Ebola infections in Sierra Leone over the past two weeks... READ MORE›

HOMELESS SIERRA LEONE ATHLETE JIMMY THORONKA ARRESTED

Thoronka won medals in African competitions and received the Sports Writers of Sierra Leone's best male athlete award in 2013... READ MORE›

NEARLY 400 BODIES RECOVERED FROM SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE, 600 STILL MISSING

Bodies continued to arrive at Freetown's overwhelmed central morgue on Tuesday... READ MORE›

ERISON AND THE EBOLA SOCCER SURVIVORS

23 2015 11 50 Refusing to live in Ebola's shadow Erison Turay and others in Sierra Leone found new strength and solidarity on the soccer field... READ MORE›

US CLINICIAN WITH EBOLA UNDER CARE IN MARYLAND

Several health workers in Sierra Leone said the American had felt dizzy and collapsed while working at a hospital in the Port Loko district... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›

One volunteer, Dr Geraldine O'Hara, an infectious diseases specialist from Huddersfield, has recorded a series of audio diaries while she is in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

JAMAICA: USAIN BOLT WINS FINAL 100M RACE IN KINGSTON

The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder will retire in August after the world championships in London... READ MORE›

CUT IN UK AID TO SIERRA LEONE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD OF EBOLA, MPS SAY

Both countries have introduced some free healthcare in Sierra Leone for pregnant women and small children and in Liberia for everyone... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

Nearly 4,000 people have died in Sierra Leone of Ebola since the outbreak began in late 2013... READ MORE›

GEORGE OSBORNE: WE SHOULD EMBRACE CHINA, NOT FEAR ITS RISE

We want a golden relationship with China that will help foster a golden decade for this country... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA TO HELP MANAGE A UK FIELD HOSPITAL IN SIERRA LEONE REPORTS

Ebola Australia to help manage a UK field hospital in Sierra Leone reports... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE ABORTION BILL BLOCKED BY PRESIDENT BAI KOROMA AGAIN

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referendum... READ MORE›

9.58, 19.19, 36.84 - USAIN BOLT, WORLD'S FASTEST MAN, IN NUMBERS

ALL SECTIONS How much is Usain Bolt worth, and where does the world record holder's money come from?... READ MORE›

OPPOSITION ACTIVIST ALEXEI NAVALNY DETAINED OVER ANTI-PUTIN DEMONSTRATIONS

Around 100 protesters were detained near central Moscow's Pushkin Square, witnesses told Reuters, as police uesd pepper spray... READ MORE›

VAN NIEKERK BEGINS TO FULFIL BOLT'S PROPHECY WITH WORLD CHAMPS WIN

Tallent is a three-time medallist in the event at the world championships, having won silver in Beijing 2015 and Daegu 2011, and bronze in Moscow 2013 ... READ MORE›

BOLT LOSES OLYMPIC GOLD AS TEAMMATE FAILS DRUG TEST

Jamaican 4x100m relay team stripped of gold medal after Carter was found guilty of doping at 2008 Olympic Games... READ MORE›

USAIN BOLT 'CAUGHT IN BED WITH BRAZILIAN STUDENT' IN RIO AMID RUMOURS HE IS TO MARRY GIRLFRIEND KASI BENNETT

Usain Bolt has been photographed in bed with a Brazilian student in Rio amid rumours he would be marrying his girlfriend Kasi Bennett after the Olympics... READ MORE›

USAIN BOLT WINS 200 METERS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GETS RUN OVER BY SEGWAY

Usain bolt wins 200 meters at world championships gets run over by segway... READ MORE›

BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE PANAMA PAPERS

Between The Lines Of The Panama Papers How The Offshore Tax Scandal Robs Developing Countries... READ MORE›

MEET THE WORLD'S OLDEST 100METRE SPRINTER

He hasn't raced me yet says Mr Miyazaki who has longed for the opportunity to race again Usain Bolt... READ MORE›

Save the Children, which has an Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone, said the nurse had been working for the charity... READ MORE›