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November 2014

The fight against Ebola cannot be successful without the support of other humanitarian actors and one of the actors that have been very active and efficient in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Sierra

Freetown, Nov. 24, 014 ( MOHS) Karisatu Pharmaceutical Company has donated Free Health Care drugs worth 84 Million Leones to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation at a ceremony held at the Ministry’s conference Hall

Coca Cola claims top spot from MTN as most admired brand in Africa. Apple Topples Coca Cola as the Most Valuable Non-African Brand on the continent LONDON, United Kingdom, 24th November 2014, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/

Western Union Foundation Grants to Support International Medical Corps, Save the Children ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Western Union Company and The Western Union Foundation today launched a million-dollar global business challenge to help fight the Ebola

Sierra Leone’s first resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates with accreditation to other Gulf countries, H.E. Siray Alpha Timbo on Wednesday, 5th November, 2014 presented his Letters of Credence to His

Freetown, Nov. 25 (SLENA) - As the appropriate Sub-committee on Supply commenced its week long investigation of MDAs at parliament building earlier this week, Ministries of Water Resources, Fisheries and Labour asked to step aside

Freetown, Tuesday 25 November: To contribute to the halt of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone, the Office of National Security (ONS), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has facilitated

UNFPA conducted a two-day Orientation Workshop for fourteen newly recruited District Contact Tracing Monitors that will be deployed in all the districts of Sierra Leone to support Government’s effort in mitigating the Ebola Virus Disease.

Like all the markets in Freetown, it’s business as usual at the Calaba Town market along the long stretch muddy Main Motor Road in east end Freetown; a scene that contradicts the picture being painted

DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 21 November 2014 – With new Ebola cases in Mali and a continuing surge in Sierra Leone, UNICEF is stepping up efforts to help other West African countries at risk prepare for potential

In a bid to continue strengthening its partnership with civil society organisations, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday 20th November 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the child advocacy organisation, Every Child Matters

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)  at a formal occasion held at the Cathedral Hall in Freetown on 18th November 2014 welcomed into the Advisory Board on Corruption three new members in the persons of: Bishop Tamba

20 November 2014 – On the eve of a meeting of United Nations agency chiefs to discuss ways to jointly tackle the Ebola outbreak, the World Bank reported today Liberia’s labour sector has suffered a

Echoing Dr Paul Farmer, Harvard Medical School Professor of Infectious Diseases and founder of Partners in Health, that the Ebola crisis in West Africa is exacerbated by a lack of “staff, stuff, and systems”, members

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Mohamed Sillah Kargbo on Wednesday, 20th November, 2014 paid a courtesy call on his Qatari counterpart at the Diplomatic Quarters in the Riyadh, the capital