A nationwide curfew has been declared in Sierra Leone after gunmen attacked the country's main and largest military barracks in Freetown, the capital city, raising fears of a breakdown of order amid a ...

Property taxes remain one of the most underperforming sources of revenue for urban development across Africa. One reason is that they are often opposed by the economic elites and large property owners ...

Idris Elba has visions of the future and is hard at work building a new "smart eco-city" on an island in Sierra Leone. Idris Elba has visions for the future and is hard at work on a new “smart ...

Idris Elba wants to build an eco-friendly smart city in Sierra Leone. “The Wire” star is working with Siaka Stevens, his childhood friend, to develop a smart city on Sherbro Island after the region ...

Sierra Leone's government has arrested 13 of its own military officials in connection with attacks that allegedly amounted to a failed coup attempt. The suspects tried to "overthrow the elected ...

Idris Elba is taking yet another project, but it’s not on the big screen. The beloved British-born actor is reportedly laying plans to work with Sierra Leone’s government to develop a smart city along ...

Idris Elba recently shared some big plans for his mother and father’s homeland of Ghana and Sierra Leone. The British actor told CNN that he wants to build a “smart eco-city” on Sherbro Island, ...

Fresh gunfire was heard in a suburb of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, on Tuesday as security forces combed through the city in search of suspects linked to a jailbreak and a foiled attack on a ...