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September 2014

With the unanimous adoption of General Assembly resolution 69/1 today, following the historic meeting of the Security Council yesterday, I have now established the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER). The Mission will

Freetown, 19 September 2014 – An ambitious public information campaign aiming to reach every household in Sierra Leone with life-saving messages on Ebola will take place from 19 to 21 September in a bid to

Can the use of basic technology such as television, radio, and possibly internet access, be a useful tool in educating particularly Sierra Leonean children during this Ebola crisis? What is the relative role of the Ministry

In Spring 2010 Isaiah Washington (in photo) was honoured to be the first African American to receive citizenship in Sierra Leone http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/?p=8771 … Recently, Minkail Mohamed Kuyateh asked online what Isaiah Washington has done during

Fatmatu Haja Jalloh (in photo), a US Attorney in the DC, Maryland and Virginia areas has offered her services free of charge to Sierra Leone citizens offered immigration relief due to the Ebola virus. The US

Africell on Friday 12th September, 2014 delivered the second consignment of 20,000 kilograms of rice to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in support of Government's efforts in the fight against the Ebola epidemic and

Sierra Leone’s Northern Ireland international head coach Johnny McKinstry has been sacked Football Sierra Leone can authoritatively reveal, The Sierra Leone Sports Ministry has confirmed in a letter to the Northern Ireland international. (Photo: McKinstry

The National Coordinator of the Non-Governmental Organization, Amazonia Initiative Movement, Rugiatu Neneh Turay on Monday 15th September 2014 distributed food items worth Le25 million to six chiefdoms in Port Loko District ahead of the three-day

Parliament has on Tuesday engaged key public sector players, in an exclusive briefing on the implementation of the state of public emergency. Held at its Committee Room One at Parliament Building, Tower Hill, the meeting

New York, 16 September 2014 "Ladies and Gentlemen, We will also place a special focus on Ebola Virus Disease, which is a cause of huge concern in West Africa and beyond. Two days from now, the Security Council

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2014 - The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$105 million grant to finance Ebola-containment efforts underway in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, help families and communities

Freetown, Sept. 16, 014 (MOHS) Coca-Cola Africa Foundation in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Bottling Company and Medshire has donated the first consignment of Personal Protective Equipment as part of a two-20 feet container to

(An Analytic Evaluation of the Economic Effects of Ebola on Trade, Tourism and Agriculture) The signing of multi-million dollars project by the Government of Sierra Leone with the Russian Government Authority for the construction of a

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has said that Ambassadors accredited to the Arabian Kingdom should continue to work as a team to enable them speak with one voice.  Amb. Bamakhrama (R)

Partners in Relief and Development, Sierra Leone (PaRD-SL) a leading Non- Governmental Organisation have recently provided support to the people of Sanda Loko and Sella Limba chiefdoms in the Bombali District on initiatives that promote