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October 2014

Sierra Leone's Ambassador to South Korea, His Excellency Omrie Michael Golley is presently attending an International Telecommunications Union Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, Korea, representing Sierra Leone's Minister of Information and Communication, Hon. alpha Kanu. The

Accra, Ghana (26 October 2014) – The Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, has completed his latest series of consultations with the Presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra

Opposition Party National Secretary General Mr. Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie led a high level SLPP Diaspora delegation to the British Foreign Office and Houses of Parliament, winning assurances from the UK Government of more action to

His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma’s envoy to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has said that Sierra Leone attaches great importance to its brotherly and friendly ties with the Kingdom; as the two countries

The Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) Brima Abdulai Sheriff on Thursday 23rd October presented the annual report on the state of human rights in Sierra Leone to President Koroma at

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has awarded discharged certificates to 45 Ebola survivors at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Centre at Hastings. Deputy Health Minister II, Madam Madina Rahman presenting certificate to one of the

Freetown, Oct. 23, 014 (MOHS) - A local Non-governmental   humanitarian organisation, Young Professionals has donated food and non-food items to 45 survivors discharged at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Centre.  (Photo:Lawyer Brima Kargbo making the donation

The relentless diplomatic lobbying by Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie in his countries of accreditation (Belgium, Netherland, France, Greece, Luxembourg and The Vatican) since the outbreak of the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone, continue to yield positive

The former head of State and SLPP Presidential Candidate for 2012 elections has told hundreds of Sierra Leoneans in London that the country cannot just confine women in the kitchen. Speaking at a luncheon sale event

An ambulance carrying suspected Ebola patients somersaulted into a ditch on the Port Loko highway. According to Abu Bakr Kamara who witnessed the scene, the ambulance was carrying suspected Ebola patients from a place called

The World Bank and the other partners have provided funding, logistics and technical support to the three most affected countries yet, new infections are doubling, and more people are dying. The problem is that, “we

Air Services Agreements have become a future of nations in the globalized world of integrating economies. Two nations can sign such agreements in order  to  experience international  commercial  air transport  services between their territories; the

The deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has so far claimed more than one thousand lives and thousands more infected in Sierra Leone. The numbers of new infected cases continue to rise almost six months after

On a working visit to Port Loko, Bombali and Tonkolili districts over the weekend, President Ernest Bai Koroma issued a stern warning to traditional and religious leaders to take responsibility to halt the spread of

I am Rashid Dumbuya an International Human Rights advocate and Public Defender from Sierra Leone.  Today, I am motivated to speak up against the world’s isolationism attitude and hysteric reactions to nations that are presently