Sierra Leone News News Sierra Leone » Religion: Religion, rights and politics clash over Sierra Leone abortion bill
News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/religion-rights-and-politics-clash-over-sierra-leone-abortion-bill-idUSKCN0XC18S/
Published on: Thursday 14 April 2016
FREETOWN (Reuters) - When she was 15, long before she became gender adviser to Sierra Leone's president, Naasu Fofanah was raped by her church pastor. With her mother's help, she had an abortion, a ...
News Sierra Leone » Religion: Fasting together: Ramadan and Lent in Sierra Leone’s spirit of harmony
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/society-culture-and-history/holidays-and-festivals/fasting-together-ramadan-and-lent-in-sierra-leone-s-spirit-of-harmony/ar-AA1WNrOX
Published on: Friday 20 February 2026
Although politics may be troubled in Sierra Leone, religions co-exist harmoniously. As Christian Lent and Muslim Ramadan fall into the same time period this year, the faithful celebrate their holidays ...
News Sierra Leone » Religion: Two new religions, one analytic frame
News channel or source: https://www.si.edu/object/two-new-religions-one-analytic-frame:siris_sil_749618
Published on: Tuesday 12 August 2025
This is a revised version of a paper presented at the Conference on Popular Islam in Twentieth-Century Africa, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 1-3, 1984. Discussion of the impact of ...