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]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 August 2014 Few people would dispute what has been regarded as the inevitability of Ebola crossing the borders of neighbouring Guinea into Sierra Leone. But what cannot be denied is the rapidity and pace with which the virus has spread across Sierra Leone, because [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2014 It is far too soon to begin to count the economic cost of the devastation being wreaked upon Sierra Leone by Ebola, which is expected to run into hundreds of millions of dollars. And no one knows for sure, how long it will [Read More]
Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 August 2014 Following the day of prayers and reflection, I wish to thank my fellow Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad for their participation, and positive response to our government’s call for solidarity and support. We are faced with a great [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]
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]
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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