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January 2015

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

Aspen Institute, based in Washington DC in the USA is supported by the Melinda Gates Foundation and offers fellowship to development experts from Africa and other developing countries around the world. Fellows are drawn from

When the Ebola virus struck Sierra Leone 8 months ago in May 2014, it did so with extraordinary barbarity. Like an overpowering insurgent; it sought to demoralize the strongest among those who battled its ferocious

The task force that was formed in June last year started its history with Ebola related sensitization, fasting and prayers throughout the country. It trained well over 500 religious leaders of both faiths on Ebola

Hon. Madina Rahman Sierra Leone’s Deputy Health Minister has said the Post Ebola rebuilding is projected to be bigger than that of the concluded eleven years civil war. Speaking on the topic “The Ebola Outbreak: Challenges