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September 2014

The 3-day lockdown which was declared by President Ernest Bai Koroma to help contain the deadly Ebola disease which has so far claimed more than 500 lives in Sierra Leone has come to an end. In

Ebola death tragically strikes teacher at ABC4All School, Sierra Leone prompting creation of the ABC4All / David Jalloh Memorial FUNdraising TEAM with the cooperation of Co-Founder Eddie Boston-Mammah, Local ABC4All / Sierra Leone. The Foundation For

Sierra Leone and her two neighboring sister Republics of Liberia and Guinea, all in the Mano River Union (MRU), are facing serious challenges in their Health Sector, following the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. The Republic

Freetown, Sierra Leone, September 20, 2014 - House to house sensitization and medical supplies – I was obviously over-estimating our government’s role in the 3 day lock down! (Photo: 72% soap, my protection to Ebola) The

Credit where credit is due. The decibel breaking legislators and members of the executive arm of government bellowing their innocence and showing their displeasure at what they perceive as the media’s intransigence in a democratic

A lot of people living both within and outside Sierra Leone have expressed criticism over the three days shut down that is due to take place from the 19th to the 21st of September 2014

I thank the General Assembly for convening on such short notice to address the Ebola outbreak at a time of busy preparations for the new session. We are all aware of the immensity of the suffering

September 19, 2014 – Freetown, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone Action (SLA) would like to announce that they have received the full authorization from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to use Ebola survivors’ blood and/or

The National Coordinator of the Amazonia Initiative Movement Organization, Rugiatu Neneh Turay on Tuesday 16th September 2014 donated food items worth millions of Leone to the people of Koya Chiefdom in the Port Loko District

Sierra Leonean President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma will skip the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week when it convened its Sixty-Ninth Session in New York. The president will again forgo a vital world summit due

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