Lahai Makieu, balancing on a crutch, epitomizes resilience in Sierra Leone ... Sierra Leone's government remains largely absent in providing much-needed resources and reparations to war-affected ...
A ceremonial sword that belonged to a New Brunswick doctor who served in the American Civil War has found its way back home, ...
From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees. Amputation by machete was one terror ...
They forgot I had one leg,” the 45-year-old laughed. The trainer at a center for amputee farmers picked himself up and added: “We fall and we rise.” ...
The riders, some three dozen of them, circled the blazing fire. The smell of burnt sage hung in the winter air as the sounds ...
What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government—backed by Russia and Iran—and anti-government rebel ...
An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely ...
South Sudan is grappling with an influx of people living with disabilities as victims of ongoing conflicts in neighboring countries, such as Sudan, come in search of devices like artificial limbs.
Rowan University historian Melissa Klapper finished a book project begun by her late colleague, Dianne Ashton (below, at ...
Safe Skies. Sustainable Future: Together for the next 80 years 7 December 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation in Chicago, United States ...
More than 10,000 civil servants jobs could be cut as part of Labour's push for 5% savings across its departments, a government source has said. Headcount in the civil service topped 513,000 this ...