a
Your trusted place for Sierra Leone and global news
Home2014 (Page 36)

September 2014

Wednesday 10 September 2014: Commercial motorbike riders have started an intensive awareness raising campaign that seeks to reach between 150,000 and 200,000 people over a two month period in Freetown after receiving training from the

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Dr. Samura M.W. Kamara, who represented President Ernest Bai Koroma who stayed in country to manage the Ebola emergency, returned from the US-Africa Summit last month

As a robust measure to contain the ebola outbreak that has now taken a heavy toll in Bombali District, the Bombali Descendants Association (BDA) met with the Bombali District Ebola Task Force at the Makeni

(New York, 10 September 2014) – United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos (in photo) has allocated US$3.8 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) to support humanitarian

The sudden death is reported of Mrs. Mariama Diarra-Sesay, former Deputy Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone. She died on 10th September 2014. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Amidst an unprecedented health crisis in parts of the West African region, the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak is really beginning to take effect. To offer a real time perspective of 'life on the ground',

Freetown- (10 September 2014) - London Mining is pleased to announce the donation of an additional Le 400 million (US$ 92,000) to help the Government of Sierra Leone in its efforts to combat the spread

The Thou Shall Eat Foundation, a charitable organization has taken the Ebola sensitization to Kissy in the far Eastern part of Freetown. Speaking to the Foundations Public Relations Officer at their Wilkinson Road office, Mr. Arnold

Honorable Member of Parliament for Constituency 097 Ibrahim Nox Sankoh has declared war against the dreadful Ebola virus which has claimed many lives in the country. The MP made this declaration at the official launch of

As misuse of artists and film actors has become the order of the day in the country’s entertainment industry, a senior actor Mr. Abubakarr Mansaray aka Abu Gbotto has bitterly complained to this medium of

As the fight to put to an end to the prevailing Ebola virus has become a concern to every Sierra Leonean and even other foreign nationals, a home base learning organization called the Sierra Leone

As the fight against eradicating the Ebola virus has gone beyond the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, the government has declared a House to House Family sensitization on Ebola campaign which means in our local

One of the leading agencies in Sierra Leone, National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA)   has taken the lead to drive the Ebola virus out of Sierra Leone. In a one day sensitization, the Director of

Sierra Leone Ministers of Transport and Aviation Leonard B Koroma and Lands Country Planning and the Environment Musa Tarawally signed an Memorandum of Understanding in Moscow with Rail Standard Services (Africa) for the construction of

Leone Stars have been beaten 2-0 by the Leopards of Democratic Republic Congo to suffer second straight defeat in 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. (Photo: George Kweku Davies with Leone Stars best chance of