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August 2014

The Atlanta Habitat For Humanity has built and renovating more than 1,300 homes primarily in the city of Atlanta and Fulton County, empowering and improving the quality of life for over 5,ooo individual family members,

Press Release – Issued by the Koinadugu Ebola Task Force on Friday 1st August, 2014 in Kabala after a meeting of the District Task Force set up to combat the deadly Ebola Virus now plaguing

Al Jazeera's Empire examines unsettling realities in Africa, from claims of a new Eastern imperialism to the effects of terrorism Empire’s Marwan Bishara explores whether Africa’s growing economies are driven by the exploitation of natural resources

Some people have assumed that one of the leading GSM operators in country, Africell will be short of promotions after several successful ones. On Friday 1st August, 2014, the company held its final presentation of prizes

The Board and Management of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) on Thursday 31st July, 2014 bade farewell to two retirees at a colorful ceremony held at the Authority’s headquarters, Kissy Road in Freetown. The

The deadly Ebola virus has killed a 40 year-old woman only known as Aminata of Father Street, Lunsar at the Chinese Hospital, Jui on 1st August 2014. This reporter gathered that the woman was first admitted

Dr. S. Patrick Kachur, the chief of the Malaria Branch , Division of Parasitic Diseases, CDC, has told participating journalists on the U.S Commitment to Africa Reporting Tour ,at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta ,Georgia,

The U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit opens today in Washington D.C. (Photo: US President Barack Obama) The summit aimed at consolidating ties between the United States and countries in sub Saharan African begins with four signature

Freetown, 31 July 2014 - His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone made a visit to the Ebola Emergency Operational Centre (EOC) work station at the World Health

Freetown, 1 August 2014 - The WHO Country Office in Sierra   Leone on 1 August 2014 donated a consignment of assorted items worth US$38,000 to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. The    donation is part

Mogadishu, 2 August 2014-The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) continues to closely monitor the ongoing epidemic of the Ebola virus disease that has spread throughout Guinea and beyond the nation's borders in West Africa.

Makeni, 31st July 2014 His Excellency the President, SUBJECT: EBOLA SHOULD NOT BE HERE TO STAY My heart pains for the lives of the likes of Dr Khan and several nurses and it also worries for the

The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA), Dr. Sarah Finda Bendu, has unearthed massive fraud to the tune of 1.6 billion Leones at various substations following robust investigations she instituted in

In response to Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic, Sierra Rutile on Wednesday 30 July reinforced the efforts of Bonthe and Moyamba District Councils with a donation of Le 100 million to help them purchase vital medical

Atlético Clube de Portugal has completed the signing of Sierra Leone’s most experienced defender Ibrahim Obreh Kargbo, for an undisclosed fee. (Photo: Kargbo flanked by Argentinean Enzo Perez, and Brazilian Lusiao Ânderson Luís da Silva.