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December 2014

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged to Court Mr. Herbert H.I. Davies-Cole, former Registrar of the Sierra Leone Law School, Mr. Fomba Koroma, a civil society activist, Hassan Dabor, a World Food Program (WFP) Contractor,

December 2014 – The United Nations today congratulated the front line workers in the field battling Ebola on their well-deserved recognition as Time “Person of the Year,” while countries affected by the outbreak and their

Former British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone has criticized his country's handling of the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. At an Ebola meeting organized by the Sierra Leone High Commission in London, His Excellency Chief Komrabai

After set weeks of auditions, thirteen girls successfully made it through to the live show for Miss Sierra Leone 2015 to be held in February 28th 2015 at EPIC in Dalton. The first week of activities

Freetown – 10 December 2014 - Racing to fact check an ominous spike in Ebola cases from the remote diamond district of Kono in eastern Sierra Leone, bordering Guinea, a World Health Organization rapid response

9 December 2014 – The United Nations, working with its national and international partners to halt the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, is currently focusing attention on bringing down the high levels of transmission in

In response to the clarion call of the African Union (AU) to support Sierra Leone in the fight against the Ebola virus disease, the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has assisted Sierra Leone

Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire – A nationwide campaign to distribute 13 million mosquito nets to protect people against malaria was launched here today, aiming to provide one net for every two people in Côte d’Ivoire. With the

Ushahidi, a not-for-profit technology company based in Kenya, has invented a cloud-managed, portable Wi-Fi router that consists of a mobile modem, which can also be used as a backup power generator for the Internet during

Leading mobile giant, Africell Sierra Leone will be organizing a first of its kind free live musical concert on December 31st 2014 and January 1st 2015, SaloneJamboree has learnt. The concert which is dubbed, ‘Ebola can’t

A Stitch in Time, the latest Sierra Leonean Ebola sensitization movie, will be premiered on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation Television (SLBC TV) this Saturday, December 13th  and Sunday December 14th at 8 pm each

Arthur Zang, a young entrepreneur from Cameroon, was among this year’s winners of the prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise for inventing what is perhaps Africa’s first medical tablet. The awards are given every year by

The president of the World Bank group, Dr Jim Yong Kim says his organisation is prioritising support to farmers in Ebola hit countries to prevent food security crisis as a result of the Ebola epidemic

The Sierra Leone Rotary Club has helped raised $14,250 at a fund raising event in Indianapolis, United States to support the fight against the deadly Ebola virus which continues to claim more lives in Sierra

President Ernest Bai Koroma has commended health workers and volunteers at the front line for their ‘relentless efforts’ in the fight against the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. Speaking in an