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January 2015

Freetown, Sierra Leone - 22 January 2015. Two successive emergency response campaigns in Sierra Leone to distribute anti-malarial drugs to people living in areas affected by the Ebola virus disease outbreak have successfully reached more

Freetown, Jan, 22, 015 (MOHS) - The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in its continued effort to building a resilient health system for Sierra Leone, on Thursday January 22, 2015 organized a two days Consultative

Kono, Jan. 21 (SLENA) - During his weekend visit to Kono, as reported earlier in the week, Vice President Sam-Sumana donated bags of rice, drums of chlorine, gloves, boots and other Personal Protective Equipments to

Freetown, Jan. 21, 015 (MOHS) - Member of Parliament and Team Leader of the Liberian Medical Team, Hon. Saah Hardy Joseph has described the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone as a serious

Kono, Jan. 20 (SLENA) - Vice President of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Chief Sam-Sumana past Friday met with staff of the Kono District Ebola Response Centre at the former Diamond Stars Lodge in Koidu Town.  (Photo:

New York, 20 January 2015 - A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led mission to pinpoint critical areas of support needed to help the nations most affected by Ebola start their recoveries concluded on Tuesday in

In this Saturday’s episode of Talk To Al Jazeera, five-time Grammy nominee Akon tells Folly Bah Thibault that African-Americans should acknowledge “the rights… and the blessing they do, you know, have actual access to.” Akon asks why

Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has commended youths of Sierra Leone saying they are in the thick of the national fight to eradicate Ebola in Sierra Leone and to revamp the country’s

Former Special Executive Assistant to President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has called on Britain and the rest of the International community to rally behind the current Government in Sierra Leone after the Ebola crisis. Dr. Sylvia

On Tuesday, 20th January 2015, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) at its Gloucester Street office, played host to three leading institutions that strive to uphold integrity among financial intermediaries.  Sequel to alleged corrupt transactions at Rokel

The All People’s Congress (APC ) New Jersey Chapter , the Fourah Bay Community  and the Sierra Leone Community of New Jersey (SLC NJ ) last Saturday  staged an honoring program for the Deputy Minister

You could feel the sigh of relief and if you try a bit harder, you could palpate it as well. Imagine the number of “thank God”, “praise the Lord”, “praise Jah” "Alhamdulillah” that have been

As the tide of the Ebola virus is beginning to recedes with Pujehun and Bonthe confirming Zero cases in 42 days, many Sierra Leoneans are now breathing a shy of relief. This dreadful disease has

New York, 20 January 2015 -- A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led mission to pinpoint critical areas of support needed to help the nations most affected by Ebola start their recoveries concluded on Tuesday in

WASHINGTON, January 20, 2015–The Ebola epidemic will continue to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone even as transmission rates in the three countries show significant signs of slowing, according to a World