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Sierra Leone is not your usual travel destination—at least not yet. The country has endured a fair degree of setbacks, from its role at the heart of the transatlantic slave trade, Ebola outbreaks, and a brutal civil war lasting through the 1990s that ...
The African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA) has welcomed the National Tourism Board of Sierra Leone as its newest member, as the destination is forging links with international partners and investing in its tourism future. This milestone demonstrates ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Historic ties between South Carolina and West Africa run deep, and a newly enacted travel restriction on Sierra Leone may hinder efforts to honor that connection. Thousands of enslaved people passed through Sierra Leone enroute to ...
FREETOWN, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone high court on Wednesday allowed ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged this month with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma, 70, was charged with four offences for his alleged role in a failed ...
Elena Cleary, right, talks about adjusting to sleep schedules in Sierra Leone as classmates, from left, Faith Lee, Stephanie Wayda, Nour Longi, Piper Pascarella and Maggie Knutte prepare Monday for their trip in their class in the English Building.
Mar. 7—CHAMPAIGN — This week, six University of Illinois students set out on a journey that will take them nearly 24 hours to cross the Atlantic to Freetown, Sierra Leone. There, they'll spend a week working with students from Fourah Bay College to ...