Woman who was raped when she was 14 sues Freetown schools, Fall River diocese
A woman who was repeatedly raped as a 14-year-old while attending the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District and while receiving religious education in the Fall River Diocese is suing both ...
Fall River diocese, Freetown-Lakeville schools hit with lawsuits over Taunton child rapist
The victim of a Taunton child rapist -- who was her Freetown-Lakeville substitute teacher and her Sunday school teacher -- is ...
Reaping the benefits of nature: A mountain to climb for cities
More than half of humanity lives in cities, and the importance of nature has risen rapidly up the urban agenda in recent ...
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Freetown firefighters extinguish brush fire
FREETOWN, Mass. (WLNE) — The Freetown Fire Department fought a brush fire in the Assonet Bay Shores neighborhood Sunday. The ...
‘We fall and we rise’: Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees. Amputation by machete was one terror ...
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?
Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the ...
Former Sierra Leonean FM launches book on China-Sierra Leone ties
David John Francis former minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of Sierra Leone launched a book on China-Sierra Leone relations ...
Ib Kamara's guide to Freetown, Sierra Leone: Tokeh Beach, cassava leaf stew and Empire nightclub
Tokeh Beach, cassava leaf stew and Empire nightclub - The creative director at Off-White and editor-in-chief of Dazed tells ...
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Turning struggle into strength
Sexual and gender-based violence is a profound violation of human rights. Addressing it requires a multi-pronged approach that includes economic empowerment and building the capacity of governments ...