Sierra Leone is planning a house-to-house search for hidden Ebola cases in the capital and surrounding areas in an effort to stem the disease’s rampant spread, the government announced.

Irishman Johnny McKinstry oversaw Sierra Leone’s rise to a top 50 place on Fifa’s rankings, despite Ebola ravaging the country. Then he was fired.

A British humanitarian worker in Sierra Leone has told of the country’s desperate bid to contain the deadly Ebola virus, as NHS staff prepare to travel to Africa to help tackle the outbreak.

Sierra Leone is going to be put into lockdown for three days later this month to try to stop the spread of Ebola.

The UN is establishing an ebola crisis centre with a goal of stopping transmission in affected countries within six to nine months, the UN chief said, as the death toll from the outbreak surpassed 2,000 for the first time.

British Ebola victim William Pooley told of Sierra Leone’s poverty and his brushes with the country’s political elite shortly before he was struck down by the potentially deadly virus.

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Sierra Leone’s incumbent president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has won a second term with 58.7% of the vote.

EGYPT, winners of the last three tournaments, will not be there when the African Cup of Nations begins in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in a fortnight. Neither will Cameroon, who won in 2000 and 2002.

Celtic have announced the signing of Sierra Leone striker Mohamed Bangura from AIK Stockholm.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was accused of being not “entirely truthful” today after telling the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor how she was woken in the night and given a pouch containing “small, dirty-looking stones” following a charity dinner.

SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell was today granted “protective measures” ahead of her appearance in court to give evidence in the case against former warlord Charles Taylor.

THE International Criminal Court yesterday charged Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir with three counts of genocide in Darfur, a move that will pile further diplomatic pressure on his isolated regime.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was charged with genocide in Darfur today by the International Criminal Court on, piling further diplomatic pressure on his isolated regime.

Israel could face calls by the United Nations Security Council to refer alleged war crimes to the International Criminal Court in The Hague after a UN council backed a controversial report.

The key to a new global climate change agreement will be a deal between the United States and China, Tony Blair said today.

Sierra Leoneans choose a president this weekend, a crucial measure of the diamond-rich country’s prospects for stability following a 10-year war, voting after a campaign that saw clashes among political rivals.

UEFA’s efforts to stamp out racism have been branded “absolutely pathetic” by the father of England Under-21 full-back Liam Rosenior.

A UN-backed court today convicted three former members of a Sierra Leone junta for war crimes in the country's brutal, decade-long civil war.

A helicopter ferrying passengers to Sierra Leone’s main airport crashed, bursting into flames and killing at least 20 people, radio stations and a witness at the airport said.

As Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest Hollywood blockbuster gives cinema-goers an insight into Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war, a leading aid agency is calling on people across the UK to help the real life victims of the conflict.

The UN-backed Sierra Leone tribunal holding ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor authorised today the former warlord’s transfer to an overseas court for trial on war crimes charges.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty today to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat.

LIBERIA’S former President Charles Taylor, accused of fomenting bloody wars across West Africa, is set to go trial in the Hague for the mayhem wrought during his years in power.

Police in Sydney today discovered six athletes missing from Sierra Leone’s Commonwealth Games team at a house in a beachside suburb, hours after the three men and three women’s permission to stay in Australia ran out.

The US military is investigating a video clip that appeared on the internet purporting to show Western security contractors firing at Iraqi civilian vehicles, a spokesman said yesterday.

Nigerian peacekeepers faced a daunting task today as they prepared to enter the Liberian capital Monrovia, which has been under rebel siege for two months.

Gunmen spread out on rooftops as government and rebel fighters in shorts and flip-flops traded grenade and machine-gun fire in an all-out battle for Liberia’s war-ravaged capital.

A US military team flew into Liberia yesterday to look at how best to bring stability to the broken West African country as President Charles Taylor prepares for exile.

WEST AFRICAN mediators flew to war-torn Liberia yesterday as rebels besieging the capital said they were willing to respect a ceasefire — but only if President Charles Taylor’s forces stop attacking them.

A UN backed court indicted Liberian President Charles Taylor today for war crimes, accusing him of “the greatest responsibility” in a vicious ten year rebel terror campaign in neighbouring Sierra Leone.

REVENGE was the word on Héctor Cúper’s lips as the Internazionale FC coach spelt out the importance of tonight’s UEFA Champions League meeting with Group A leaders FC Barcelona at the San Siro.

British Immigration officials are trying to track down 21 athletes from an African Commonwealth Games squad who vanished after the games, the Home Office said today.

President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, credited with helping to end Sierra Leone’s ruthless 10-year-old war, won re-election today in a landmark vote in the conflict-scarred West African nation.

The United Nations and Save the Children said today that staff of many relief agencies have been accused of sexually exploiting West African refugee children they are supposed to be helping.

Chelsea have paid for Celestine Babayaro to fly to Nigeria for a World Cup qualifier as a "goodwill gesture" aimed at ending the dispute between him and his national association.

Chelsea are still seeking a solution to their dispute with the Nigerian Football Association over the availability of Celestine Babayaro.