Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS.

Analysis - As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the ...

Explore Foreign Affairs ’ coverage of the domestic politics and international relations of the region that includes Benin, ...

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while ...

We saw in December 2013 when Ebola started in Guinea, it quickly spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and other non-African countries. As of early June 2025, Liberia had recorded 69 mpox cases while ...

New ECOWAS chair Julius Maada Bio inherits a bloc grappling with jihadist violence, military coups and a shrinking circle of ...

Blog - The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest ...