The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 September 2014 President Obama has spoken directly from his office at the White House to the Ebola suffering people of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, in a manner many would sadly describe, as a condescending lecture about the do’s and don’ts of Ebola. Obama fell [Read More]
Oped by Jim Yong Kim (World Bank Chief) and Paul Farmer (Professor at Harvard University) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 September 2014 If the Ebola epidemic devastating the countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had instead struck Washington, New York or Boston, there is no doubt that the health [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 September 2014 President Koroma’s decision to sack the health minister and have her replaced by her deputy, as well as the reorganisation of the various committees and quangos that are dabbling with the Ebola virus, amid the unfolding tragedy in Sierra Leone, have sparked a [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 August 2014 The latest unconfirmed report of the death of another Sierra Leonean doctor in Kenema; and health workers going on strike, due to lack of pay and unavailability of protective wear; and stories of a body found lying early this week on a street [Read More]
Zainab Tunkara Clarkson The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 August 2014 The marginalisation of women in Sierra Leone generally makes them highly vulnerable in society. And there is plenty of evidence now to suggest that, they are the group most affected by the deadly Ebola virus, sweeping across the West African [Read More]
Momodu Haddi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2014 On that fateful day – 14th August, 2014, at about 11:14am, I received this message from a friend: “It is with a heavy heart that I report the news of Dr. Modupe Cole’s passing. Dr. Cole was unable to continue the [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 August 2014 Today, Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) painted a very grim picture of the Ebola crisis and its prognosis. It will get worse, before it gets better. “The virus has been vastly underestimated.” The World Health Organisation, MSF and other health agencies working in Sierra [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2014 Our country is in crisis; it is in agony; it is in anguish; it is in a state of shock and confusion. We are perplexed and near depression. Our country has gone through much, and experienced great tribulation [Read More]
Zainab Tunkara Clarkson 11 August 2014 Despite our plethora of socio-economic woes, Sierra Leone is a rich resource nation blessed with natural endowments which, if well tapped, could enable us overcome the mountain of challenges we face. It does us no good constantly recounting our problems without proffering solutions, as [Read More]
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