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‘We need help’: Sierra Leone faces hardship amid Ukraine war

Iyesatu Turay, who lives in a sprawling slum of corrugated-iron shacks in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, says she doesn't have enough food to feed...

Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone kills at least 91

Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision,...

Idris Elba conferred Sierra Leone citizenship

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio conferred the passport to Elba at an emotional private ceremony at his colonial-era residence in the capital Freetown

Sierra Leone’s soldiers heal trauma with yoga

Among the trainers at the Freetown army yoga session is Lance Corporal Michael Kargbo who first joined in 2014 to try and cope with his past as a child soldier

More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone as mudslide sweeps away homes

FREETOWN: A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents...

West Africa marks end of recent Ebola outbreak

MONROVIA:Liberia said  it was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases of the deadly tropical virus left in west Africa following an outbreak that began in neighbouring Guinea in December 2013.

Ebola end in sight

DAKAR: The two African countries still battling Ebola have both recorded weekly infections in single figures for the first time since the peak of the epidemic, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes after Ebola case

FREETOWN: Sierra Leone placed hundreds of homes in the capital under Ebola quarantine Friday, in a huge blow for its recovery less than a month after it lifted all restrictions on movement.

Britain becomes first country to donate to IMF Ebola debt relief fund

LONDON: Britain said on Monday it would contribute 50 million dollars to a new IMF fund to help West African countries hit by Ebola to service their debts so they can use their own money to help save lives.

Red Cross nurse dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN: A nurse working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola in the eastern district of Kenema, where no new cases had been reported for 37 days, the organisation said Thursday.

Ebola death toll tops 8,000: WHO

GENEVA: The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 8,153 out of 20,656 cases recorded, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Ebola death toll rises to 7,693: WHO

GENEVA: The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 7,693 out of 19,695 cases recorded, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Ebola still 'flaming' in parts of Sierra Leone, Guinea: UN

GENEVA: The UN's Ebola czar on Tuesday hailed widespread progress in the fight against the deadly virus, but warned the outbreak was still surging in western Sierra Leone and northern Guinea.

Targets being met against 'stupid' Ebola, claims WHO

GENEVA: Key targets to reduce the spread of Ebola by isolating patients and burying bodies safely have been reached in Liberia and Guinea but have been missed in Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Ebola death toll nears 7,000: WHO

GENEVA: Nearly 7,000 people have died from Ebola in west Africa, the World Health Organization said late Friday, adding some 1,200 more deaths to a toll from two days earlier.

Ebola cases near 16,000 as Sierra Leone loses ground

GENEVA: The death toll in the world's worst Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,689 out of 15,935 cases reported in eight countries by the end of Nov. 23, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

121 die of Ebola in a single day in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN:  Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African country more than four months ago, government health statistics showed on Sunday.

Ebola death toll rises to 3,439 – WHO

GENEVA: The world's worst Ebola outbreak on record has now killed 3,439 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Ebola adversely affected economic growth in West Africa: IMF

WASHINGTON: Economic growth in Liberia and Sierra Leone could decline by as much as 3.5 percentage points as the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola has crippled the key mining, agriculture and services sectors in the two West African countries, the IMF said on Thursday.

Ivory Coast to host African Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast will host their African Nations Cup qualifier against Ebola-affected Sierra Leone this weekend following a special meeting of the country’s national security council.
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