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Sierra Leonean peacekeepers bound for Somalia quarantined over Ebola
FREETOWN - A battalion of 800 Sierra Leonean soldiers awaiting deployment as peacekeepers in Somalia has been placed in quarantine after one of the...
UK to send troops, aircraft and ship to tackle Ebola in...
LONDON - Britain is sending extra troops, aircraft and a naval vessel to Sierra Leone to help stem the spread of the Ebola virus,...
Spanish nurse is suspected of Ebola infection in Sierra Leone
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish Health Ministry official says a nurse who treated a Sierra Leone missionary for Ebola has tested positive for the...
Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in 1 day
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the...
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...
Suspected Ebola patient arrives Germany from Sierra Leone
BY NAN
A Ugandan doctor suspected to be suffering from Ebola disease has arrived in Frankfurt from Sierra Leone for treatment in the city’s University...
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...
Sierra Rutile restricts operations as Ebola spreads further
Sierra Rutile, the minerals sands producer, has taken a decision to limit production at its operations in Sierra Leone as the Ebola virus takes...
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...
Health Workers In Sierra Leone’s Ebola Treatment Center Declare Strike
Health workers in Sierra Leone state-run Ebola treatment center – Connaught Hospital, Freetown, went on strike on Tuesday over pay and poor working conditions.
Mariana...
Ebola-hit Sierra Leone’s Nations Cup matches to go ahead
By Agency Reporter
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone’s football authority said on Sunday the team’s upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers would go ahead despite a...