Lamin Daddy Massaquoi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2014 Ebola is in Sierra Leone, there is no denial. At this stage, response and surveillance are crucial. The Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is highly contagious and therefore the role of the public will be key towards tackling the disease. Public [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2014 My last visit to State House was not one that I cared to remember. The then minister of information and communication, himself a former journalist and the erstwhile president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) – Alhaji Ibrahim [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2014 A statement published this week by the IMF Executive Director for Ghana, has painted yet another gloomy prospect for one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s giants. Ghana’s economic growth is stalling fast. (Photo: President Mahama). Despite previous reports of the country’s economy heading for a [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (Puawui) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 May 2014 It was a long time ago while I was still at Medical School. We were having a medical tutorial on Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STD as they are commonly referred to in medical circles. I expressed my concern at [Read More]
Dr Sama Banya The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2014 A few weeks ago there was a radio announcement that the ministers of land, country planning and the environment, together with the minister of agriculture, forestry and food security, were to undertake a tour of the western area Peninsular. Their [Read More]
World Bank Office – Freetown: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2014: Ebola was first reported in Guinea in March 2014 in the four southeastern districts of Guekedou, Macenta, Nzerekore and Kissidougou. By March 27, four confirmed cases were found in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Since then, the virus has [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 May 2014 Four people have now been confirmed dead of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, after several months of confusion as to whether the virus had spread from neighbouring Guinea into Sierra Leone. News of the four deaths were confirmed by the World [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2014 The leader of Sierra Leone’s ruling APC party’s women’s group – Madam Elizabeth Manns, is in Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China, attending a seminar on ‘social management capacity building for female officials from English speaking African countries’. [Read More]
Yankuba kai-Samba The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2014 Bio is not ready for peace. His supporters have maligned SLPP party leadership aspirants and the chairman – Chief Somano Kapen (Photo). Few weeks ago, Julius Bio wrote an article to declare that he was willing to meet anyone who [Read More]
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