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Month: August 2014

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 World Bank’s emergency funding for Ebola

August 5, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2014 With the latest death toll from the West Africa Ebola epidemic now at 887, the World Bank Group today pledged as much as US $200 million in emergency funding to help Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone contain the spread of Ebola infections, help [Read More]

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British Airways suspends all flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia

August 5, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2014 British Airways has announced that it can no longer guarantee the safety of its passengers travelling to and from Sierra Leone and Liberia. The company says it has therefore suspended all flights to the two countries until the end of August, “due to [Read More]

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Ebola crisis is now everybody’s business

August 5, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2014 It must now be clear to everyone – sceptics included, that not only is the current Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, and come to think of it, with the current cases in Nigeria – one could say in [Read More]

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Ebola – Kandeh Yumkella mobilises US$500,000 for Sierra Leone

August 4, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2014 Dr. William Konteh last night continued his unpatriotic campaign of calumny on Sky News, against his fellow West African people; this time, posing not as a medical doctor, but as an environmental scientist – calling on the British authorities to tighten up vigilance [Read More]

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Ebola – Dr. William Konteh urges British authorities to step up vigilance at British airports

August 3, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2014 As Emirates Airlines announced that they will cease all flights to and from Guinea, there is growing concern that airlines operating in neighbouring Sierra Leone may also decide to impose a ban on flights to the country. Sierra Leone has so far recorded [Read More]

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Should Dr. Umar Khan have been airlifted to Europe for better treatment?

August 2, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2014 ‘Ebola is moving faster than efforts to control it’, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced today at a meeting of West African leaders in Conakry, Guinea. This statement came as president Koroma of Sierra Leone, Ellen Sirleaf of Liberia and president Alpha Conde [Read More]

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Ebola and president Koroma’s call for concerted action

August 1, 2014 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Julius Maada Bio – former president of Sierra Leone The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 August 2014 On the 29th July 2014, like many Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad, I was deeply saddened by the news of the death of Dr. Sheikh Umarr Khan following his brief illness from the [Read More]

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