--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sierra Leone ## Sierra Leone Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 10, 2019 ## [An Intimate Portrait of Life in Sierra Leone](https://time.com/5597531/freetown-sierra-leone-health/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Naina Bajekal *  Aug 16, 2018 ## [The Teenage Miner, the Village and the 709-Carat Diamond That Changed Everything](https://time.com/5368633/sierra-leone-peace-diamond/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Aryn Baker *  Dec 12, 2016 ## [Some People Who Get Ebola Don't Show Symptoms: Study](https://time.com/4596928/some-people-who-get-ebola-dont-show-symptoms-study/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Nov 16, 2016 ## [Female Circumcision Must Be Replaced With More Empowering Practices](https://time.com/4569971/female-circumcision-disempowering/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by World Pulse *  Aug 19, 2016 ## [Ebola Nurse Survivor Accused of 'Concealing Temperature' On Return to U.K.](https://time.com/4458757/ebola-pauline-cafferkey-temperature/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Nash Jenkins *  Jun 6, 2016 ## [What Living Through War Taught Me About Love](https://time.com/4354886/sierra-leone-war-lessons-love/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by World Pulse *  Apr 28, 2016 ## [What Happened When I Spoke Out Against Female Genital Mutilation](https://time.com/4308502/sierra-leone-female-genital-multilation/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by World Pulse *  Feb 26, 2016 ## [Photojournalist Stars in New Squarespace Commercial](https://time.com/4239401/david-guttenfelder-squarespace-ad/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Olivier Laurent *  Jan 21, 2016 ## [Sierra Leone Confirms Second Ebola Case](https://time.com/4188271/ebola-sierra-leone-second-case-victim/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Jan 15, 2016 ## [Ebola Death Confirmed After West Africa Declared Virus Free](https://time.com/4182155/ebola-virus-death-sierra-leone/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by TIME Staff *  Dec 29, 2015 ## [Guinea Set to Be Declared Ebola-Free](https://time.com/4162931/guinea-ebola-free-who/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Joanna Plucinska *  Nov 23, 2015 ## [Experts Slam WHO Response to Ebola](https://time.com/4123858/ebola-crisis-who-response-failure/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Joanna Plucinska *  Nov 18, 2015 ## [Watch the People of Sierra Leone Sing and Dance as Country Beats Ebola](https://time.com/4119107/sierra-leone-ebola-celebrate/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Oct 15, 2015 ## [Scottish Nurse's Condition Deteriorates From Ebola Relapse](https://time.com/4074377/pauline-cafferkey-ebola-nurse-critically-ill/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Oct 9, 2015 ## [Scottish Nurse Who Had Ebola Placed Back in Isolation Unit](https://time.com/4067694/ebola-scottish-nurse-pauline-cafferkey-isolation-unit/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Rishi Iyengar ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/sierra-leone/","name":"Sierra Leone"}}]}] ```