FREETOWN (Reuters) - Diamond mining in Sierra Leone, for years a symbol of the worst form of exploitation of Africa's natural resources, is following a global economic trend with miners turning to ...

A Sierra Leonean village has been hit with tragedy after two teenage boys were buried underneath a collapsed mine in the ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Officials say a deadly strike at a Sierra Leone diamond mine is now over. Two people were killed in the violence at the mine in Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone, where ...

There is a sense of disbelief in this Sierra Leonean village as people weep in front of the bodies of two teenage boys wrapped in white cloth. The day before, 16-year-old Mohamed Bangura and ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's only underground diamond mine has sold its first gems, bringing it a step closer to full-scale production and a stock market listing next year, one of its parent ...

Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his family out of poverty in eastern Sierra Leone. The 39-year-old pastor obtained his ...

Sierra Leone has had to look on while neighbouring countries developed a name in the resources industry - Cote d'Ivoire has plenty of big players exploring; Liberia has overcome Ebola and now hosts a ...

A Christian pastor in Sierra Leone's Kono district has discovered a massive 706-carat diamond. The diamond is the 13th largest diamond ever to be found, Rough and Polished diamond analyst Mathew ...

KOIDU, Sierra Leone -- His heart's full of love and he's walking on diamonds. But Alassan Kabia's daily toil -- shoveling the gravel that holds gems -- will never pay enough for him to marry his ...

In Sierra Leone, many artisanal miners share the view that every human act and every event is the realisation of an inscrutable divine plan. Even though notions of fate and destiny are part of the ...