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I am both proudly British and proudly West African, but my...
I have been thinking a lot about my identity of late.
Life has changed recently as I have become a dad for the first time...
Chinese medical teams extend stay in Sierra Leone for COVID-19 fight
Freetown - The three Chinese medical teams in Sierra Leone have extended their one-year stay to help fight against the COVID-19 in...
Liberia confirms new Ebola case as outbreak spreads
Monrovia - Liberia on Wednesday recorded the sixth Ebola confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced in June.
A senior medical official said...
Two more Ebola cases in once virus-free Liberia
Monrovia - Liberian health officials confirmed another two Ebola infections on Thursday, bringing to five the total number of new cases since the West...
$700m needed to rescue Ebola-Stricken Nations
By Lexi Elo
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million (£446.13 million) in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over...
Is Sierra Leone the new hotspot for Nigerian banks?
VENTURES AFRICA – First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FBN) is the latest Nigerian lender to set up camp in Sierra Leone. Over the last decade,...
UN envoy meets President Koroma, “sacked” VP Sumana
FREETOWN - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has met with both President Koroma of Sierra Leone and the elected Vice President,...
Sierra Leone to lay off Ebola workers as cases drop— president
FREETOWN - Sierra Leonean President, Ernest Koroma, said on Thursday that authorities would soon start laying off workers recruited to fight Ebola as the...
Sierra Leone president sacks deputy for seeking asylum in U.S. embassy
FREETOWN- Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana for seeking asylum in a foreign embassy, a statement from the...
Sierra Leone President ‘Assures’ VP of Protection
By Peter Clottey
Sierra Leone President Earnest Bai Koroma said embattled Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana should not fear for his life or feel threatened by...
Sierra Leone vice president says requested asylum at U.S. embassy
DAKAR (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana said on Saturday he had requested asylum at the U.S. embassy in Freetown after soldiers surrounded...
Probe: Sierra Leone parliament orders detention of Ebola coordinator
FREETOWN - The Public Account Committee (PAC) of Sierra Leone Parliament on Monday ordered the detention of the Coordinator of the National Ebola Response...
Sierra Leone vice president places himself in Ebola quarantine
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana said on Saturday that he had placed himself in a 21-day quarantine after one of his...
Sierra Leone failed to account for Ebola funds-report
Freetown- Sierra Leone’s auditor-general’s report alleges that the government could not account for nearly a third of the 20 million dollars earmarked for fighting...
Sierra Leone emergency anti-malaria drive reaches 2.5 million people
FREETOWN - Sierra Leone has given anti-malaria drugs to more than 2.5 million people in Ebola-
affected areas.
Daniel Kertesz, WHO Representative in Sierra Leone, said...
Ebola: Sierra Leone in better position today – UN
FREETOWN - The United Nation Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Mr Ismail Cheikh, said Sierra Leone is in a better position today in...
British patient who returned from Sierra Leone diagnosed with Ebola
LONDON (AP) -- Scottish authorities say a health care worker who has just returned from Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and is...
Ethiopian soldiers could replace Sierra Leone troops in Somalia,says PM
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is willing to deploy more troops to the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia rather than rotating in another...
Good news from Ebola-gripped Sierra Leone
FREETOWN - The discharge of the last Ebola patient from Sierra Leone's Kailahun district, has further heightened hopes that the increase in incidence of...
Sierra Leone locks down new Ebola hotspot in the east
FREETOWN - Authorities in Sierra Leone have imposed a two-week lockdown in the district of Kono after health workers uncovered a surge of Ebola...