The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 August 2014 A British aid worker, who has not been named, but believed to have been working in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone, is being flown from Freetown, after contracting the Ebola virus. (Photo: RAF plane arrives at Lungi airport earlier today). The British Department of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 August 2014 The devastating outbreak and spread of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has provoked mixed reactions in and out of the country, most of which criticises the Koroma government as inept, lethargic, corrupt, and lacking in strong leadership. Several public officials and a [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2014 A new report published by one of the most successful and long established Banks in Africa – Standard Bank, says that Africa has experienced substantial growth in its middle class over the past fourteen years. The report – ‘Understanding Africa’s middle class,’ found [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2014 Report from Sierra Leone’s embassy in Beijing says that the government of Australia has pledged a further $1 million to help combat the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. This funding is in addition to the annual$ 20 million contribution that the Australian [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2014 Unconfirmed reports from Sierra Leone yesterday said that the trade and industry minister – Usu Boie Kamara has died. Still there is no official statement from State House to clarify the story. Sierra Leone is the only country in the world where a [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2014 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced it will start using experimental drugs and treatments in West Africa, to help fight the deadly Ebola virus. This news comes as the death toll in West Africa rises above 1,000. The ethics committee of WHO [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 August 2014 The World Bank Group yesterday committed $5 billion in new technical and financial support for energy projects in six African countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Tanzania. These are the countries that were chosen to partner with President Obama’s Power Africa [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2014 After growing criticisms from health experts of the lethargic and deliberate policy of indifference by drugs manufacturers to the Ebola crisis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that, it will start using ‘experimental treatments and unapproved medicines’ in West Africa to combat [Read More]
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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