News stories by Mohamed Fofanah, page 2

Posseh Sesay will never be able to bear children again following a tragic birthing experience at the hands of her village traditional birth attendant (TBA).

A woman alone: Josephine Bangali fetches water from the well to set to boil over a wood fire so she can sterilise her instruments.

Lying forgotten in the bush somewhere is a sign declaring 'Ogoo Farm is an open defecation-free community.'

Sierra Leone has become a place of torment for journalists practicing their profession.

The World Social Forum held in Nairobi in 2007 inspired Sierra Leonean activists to organise themselves to demand things like housing, health care and greater accountability from their government. That inspiration was not sustained.

A war is raging in the eastern part of the country, once the centre stage for battles during the 10-year civil war and the place where 'blood diamonds' where once mined.

Journalists in Sierra Leone can still be arrested and jailed for writing material considered 'libel' regardless if what they published is true or not.

Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.

They call her 'Marie Nerica', after a new breed of rice.

When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007. But the appointed date came and the people were still hungry. Unfortunately for the SLPP, it was an election year.