Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2015 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that Ebola may be retreating, but hundreds of thousands of people are now facing hunger in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. According to a report published [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2015 A new World Bank report says that the Ebola epidemic will continue to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, even as transmission rates in the three countries show significant signs of slowing. The report estimates that these three countries will lose [Read More]
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2015 When the Ebola virus struck Sierra Leone eight months ago in May 2014, it did so with extraordinary barbarity. Like an overpowering insurgent, it sought to demoralize the strongest among those who battled its ferocious onslaught. It practically decapitated the resistance [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2015 There are unconfirmed reports tonight, that Dr. Kandeh Yumkella (Photo) will soon be stepping down from his UN job, so as to declare his interest in contesting the presidential flagbearership elections of Sierra Leone’s main opposition SLPP party. General and presidential elections are not due [Read More]
Comfort Ero – writing in the Guardian Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2015 When Nigeria goes to the polls in February, rival candidates Goodluck Jonathan (Photo) and Muhammadu Buhari must do all they can to limit the risk of violence. With less than a month to go before contentious polls, Nigeria is [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 January 2015 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has carried out an emergency simulation exercise at Sierra Leone’s Lungi International Airport. According to the IOM, the aim of the test was to assess and improve the entry and exit health screening process and general health security, [Read More]
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2015 The Ebola virus causes a very painful disease. It usually starts with headache, as the patient’s condition deteriorates. Pain engulfs the body, muscle ache, fatigue and loss of appetite set in. Diarrhoea and vomiting then follows, causing hunger and dehydration. Weakened [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2015 A statement released today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says that one of its health workers in Sierra Leone, died two days ago of the Ebola virus, in the Eastern district of Kenema. The identity of the [Read More]
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 January 2015 Since the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease back in May 2014, about 200 Sierra Leonean health workers have succumbed to the virus. Its ferocity on health workers has driven many underground. The government and its development partners – notably the [Read More]
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