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Nora Aunor, one of the Philippines' most celebrated actors and National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, passed away on April 16, 2025. She was 71.
In Sierra Leone, a first-of-its-kind farm is helping make the country self-sufficient in onion production.
Piotr Grzegorz Michalik, Death with a Bonus Pack: New Age Spirituality, Folk Catholicism, and the Cult of Santa Muerte, Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 56e Année, No. 153 (janvier-mars ...
Robert De Niro starred for Sergio Leone in his 1984 film 'Once Upon a Time in America', but the director very nearly pissed away his chance to work with him.
The actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first wind farm.
Sierra Leone, one of five countries that legally allow female genital mutilation (FGM), is facing renewed pressure to make it a crime after the deaths of three girls from the procedure on the same day ...
Sergio Leone gave a sarcastic compliment to Clint Eastwood when he was asked to compare the actor to Robert De Niro during an interview.
Fishermen in Sierra Leone need large amounts of ice to store their catch on multiday journeys. Like many commodities, it has become pricey.
Terrifier 2 is the pinnacle in terms of indie slasher kills sequences, which are more than appealing enough to please genre fans despite the film’s other lacking elements.
Charred remains and wrecked cars are all that remain after a deadly collision involving a fuel tanker in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown.
Three years after a 2014 ban against the practice of female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone, Sharmila Devi reports on the progress towards its eradication.