Tag: Leone
Sierra Leone Ebola ‘spreading like wildfire’
BY ALJAZEERA
Five people are being infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone and the rate is expected to double by the end of...
UK must channel aid to fight FGM in Sierra Leone –...
LONDON - Britain must set up a program to tackle female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone, where the practice is seen as a prerequisite...
UN team on Ebola arrives Ghana, to visit Guinea, Liberia, Sierra...
NEW YORK - The team from the newly established UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) arrived in Accra on Monday.
UN Secretary-General's Spokesperson, Stephane...
Ebola: Sierra Leone quarantines 1.2 million people
Sierra Leone began a quarantine of more than one million people on Thursday in the largest lockdown of west Africa’s Ebola outbreak, as world...
Sierra Leone ends 3-day Ebola lockdown, says new cases identified
By Umaru Fofana
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leoneans on Sunday celebrated the end of a three-day lockdown aimed at stemming the world's worst ever Ebola...
Sierra Leone launches controversial Ebola shutdown
,Freetown (AFP) - Sierra Leone launched a nationwide three-day shutdown on Friday to contain the deadly spread of an Ebola epidemic described by the...
Sierra Leone capital at standstill as Ebola lockdown begins
By Umaru Fofana
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone began a three-day lockdown on Friday in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus,...
Sierra Leone to shut down for 3 days to slow Ebola
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Shoppers crowded the streets and markets of Sierra Leone's capital Thursday, stocking up for a three-day shutdown when volunteers...
Ebola: WHO doctor in Sierra Leone infected
A World Health Organisation doctor working in an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the virus, the agency said on...
Britain to send military, humanitarian experts to fight Ebola in Sierra...
LONDON - The British Government said it would send military and humanitarian experts to Sierra Leone to set up a medical treatment centre there...
Sierra Leone declares Ebola lockdown
BY BBC
Ebola doctors burying a dead patient in Sierra Leone | credits: Naijezie.com Sierra Leone – one of the countries worst hit by West...
Ebola: America Seeks Nigeria’s Assistance in Liberia, Sierra Leone, others
The United States government has commended the federal government for its response to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, even as it called for...
Researchers link Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone to funeral
LAGOS - Researches at Harvard University in the United States on Friday linked the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone to...
Ebola: WHO shuts Sierra Leone; MSF says can’t cope with Congo...
FREETOWN/KINSHASA -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had shut a laboratory in Sierra Leone after a health worker there was infected...
Canada Evacuating Ebola Lab Team From Sierra Leone
By ROB GILLIES
Canada is evacuating a three-member mobile laboratory team from Sierra Leone after people in their hotel were diagnosed with Ebola. The World...
Ebola: TB Joshua donates $50,000, & 4,000 bottles of ‘holy water’...
Founder, Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Joshua has announced that the Sierra Leonean government were sent 4000 bottles of his ‘anointing water’ to spiritually...
No Ebola-related travel restrictions for Nigeria, Guinea, Sierra Leone, says U.S.
ABUJA - The U.S. Department of State has said that no Ebola-related travel restrictions have been issued by the agency for Nigeria, Guinea and...
U.S. cuts resources for project involved in Ebola battle in Sierra...
BY TONI CLARKE WASHINGTON - The U.S. government will not renew funding for a major research project into Lassa fever, a decision that will,...
Ebola crisis: Guinea Shuts Borders with Sierra Leone, Liberia
By Reuters
Guinea announced the closure of its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola,...
Ebola: Ghana Bans Flights From Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
ACCRA - Ghana has banned flights from other West African countries following the outbreak of Ebola virus.
The Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company,...