Lillian Andia was captured by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels 12 years ago at the age of nine. She was preparing to do her Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) in Gulu. At the brutal hand of the LRA’s elusive leader, Joseph Kony, she first tirelessly...

The government of Sierra Leone has announced that from Independence Day (27 April) it will abolish user fees for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five, but will this, on its own, improve their lot? IRIN looks at Sierra Leone for the...