In 1462 Portuguese explorer da Cintra saw the tall mountain rising up on what is now the Freetown Peninsula. He christened it Serra Lyoa. Successive visits by other English people and eventual colonization by Britain modified Serra Lyoa to Sierra Leone. The country is in the west coast of Africa, north of the equator. Sierra Leone has a land area of 27,699 square miles … [Read more...] about 11 Weird Facts About Sierra Leone You Need To Know
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Sierra Leone: staying at zero in an ex-Ebola hotspot
Close to the centre of Komendeh Luyama village in Sierra Leone’s Kenema district is a mud-walled family home that looks much like the others – except the doors and windows are firmly shut. According to the village residents not a single former occupant of the home is alive – all victims of Ebola. This community was one of the hardest hit in the district: you quickly come across … [Read more...] about Sierra Leone: staying at zero in an ex-Ebola hotspot