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›

BRITISH EBOLA PATIENT IN UK HOSPITAL

'Courage' Between 600 and 700 UK defence personnel are based in Sierra Leone as part of efforts to tackle the largest ever outbreak of Ebola... 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›

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›

FINAL POPPY IS 'PLANTED' AT TOWER

Tower of london poppies final poppy is planted... READ MORE›

MAP: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Queen Elizabeth will become officially become the longest serving monarch in British history this week, beating out her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to take the title... READ MORE›

BAHRAIN OPPOSITION LEADER JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS DAY AFTER UK MINISTER 'OPENS' ROYAL NAVY BASE IN THE KINGDOM

Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition leader jailed for four years day after UK minister 'opens' Royal Navy base in the kingdom... READ MORE›

HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED BY COMBAT STRESS?

The intense fighting experienced by soldiers on the frontline in places like Helmand province in Afghanistan were well-documented... 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›

EBOLA: WHO UNDER FIRE OVER RESPONSE TO EPIDEMIC

Unexpected And the very planning that went into preparing for an influenza pandemic seems have to worked against the WHO during West Africa's Ebola outbreak... READ MORE›

IN BRITAIN GLUT OF ANTI-TERRORISM CAMPAIGNS DRAWS FANS ANDCRITICS

CANTERBURY, England -- The fictional clip shows a young British Muslim man, presumably a captive of the Islamic State group, sitting alone in a prison cell... READ MORE›

IMF TO PROVIDE $300M IN EXTRA FUNDING TO HELP FIGHT EBOLA

Ebola health workers carry a suspected Ebola sufferer on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia... READ MORE›

HOW BRITAIN FUNDS THE 'PROPAGANDA WAR' AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA

The UK's propaganda effort for the Syrian armed opposition began after the government failed to persuade parliament to support military action against the Assad regime... 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›

TOP US GENERAL RAYMOND ODIERNO 'VERY CONCERNED' ABOUT BRITAIN'S DEFENCE CUTS

Top us general raymond odierno very concerned about britain's defence cuts... 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›

BREXIT IS THE RESULT OF 40 YEARS OF LIES TOLD BY BRITISH POLITICIANS

On 16 September 1916 the British Army made it first use of tanks in the attack on Flers Courcellet, part of the Battle of the Somme... READ MORE›

'YOU CANNOT STOP EBOLA' US EXPERTS WARNED BRITISH TROOPS

Though the number of new cases has now fallen to around 50 each week, Brig McMahon said the outbreak had been neither defeated, nor eradicated... 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›

QUEEN LEADS REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY CEREMONY AT CENOTAPH

More than 200,000 Irish volunteers served in the British army during the first world war... READ MORE›

DEC PRAISES OVERWHELMING BRITISH RESPONSE TO EBOLA APPEAL

5 million people affected by the Ebola crisis, including working in some of the worst-affected and most remote areas of Sierra Leone and Liberia... READ MORE›

DESPITE BLOODSHED, EASTER RISING IS IRELAND'S 'GIFT TO THE WORLD'

According to the diary kept by the British army officer who commanded the firing squads, Pearse whistled as he came out of his cell... 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›

BRITISH ARMY PARACHUTIST SAVED BY TEAMMATE IN MID-AIR RESCUE

French of Cumbria said he owes his colleague a pint of beer maybe for helping him out because my parachute wasn't too clever ... READ MORE›

GIANT DIAMOND AUCTION FAILS AS SIERRA LEONE REJECTS OFFER

I regret to inform you however that none of the bids submitted here today matched the government of Sierra Leone's reserve amount, he said... READ MORE›

EX-UK DIPLOMAT GETS 'ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE'

She was posted to the Sierra Leonean capital only two weeks in April 2014 when the disease struck having started in neighbouring Liberia and Guinea... READ MORE›

BRITISH ARMY PARACHUTIST SAVES COMPANION WHEN CANOPY FAILS TO OPEN

A British army spokesman said they were both unharmed and that the incident was being investigated... READ MORE›

DIPLOMATS TO LAY WREATH IN LONDON

Throughout the First World War, Irish servicemen stood side by side with men and women from across Great Britain and the Commonwealth... READ MORE›

BRITISH PRINCE HARRY REPORTS FOR DUTY IN AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEK

Harry, who will remain involved in advocacy for wounded veterans after his military career, will meet wounded Australian soldiers to see how they are being rehabilitated... READ MORE›