An experimental drug has completely protected monkeys from lethal doses of a virus related to Ebola, bolstering confidence that a similar medicine might be effective if deployed in the current [Read more]
I landed in Berlin 24 hours ago after a very happy week at Terrytown, New York, where I joint a batch of fellow facilitators carefully selected by the United Nations [Read more]
Remarks to UNAOC-EF Summer School by Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura [Tarrytown, New York, 18 August 2014] Friends, colleagues, sisters and [Read more]
President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 11th August expressed serious disappointment with the slow response of the international community towards the fight against the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE IN HIS INITIAL BROADCAST TO THE NATION ON 30TH JULY 2014 CONCERNING THE EBOLA CRISIS, HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA ANNOUNCED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A [Read more]
A nurse in Nigeria. A businessman in Saudi Arabia. A Spanish priest in Liberia. With the World Health Organization announcing Wednesday that 932 deaths had been reported or confirmed as [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF DR. [Read more]
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Ebola outbreak update: As of today, 24th July 2014, we have 108 cumulative number of survivors, 435 confirmed Ebola cases and 146 Ebola confirmed deaths. 65 patients [Read more]
Better late than never — Germany won its fourth World Cup after a tense 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday. Mario Gotze's strike, seven minutes from the end of extra [Read more]
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF PARLIAMENT WHERE [Read more]
For the 1st July 2014, a total of 15 samples were received by the Laboratory: Kenema (9), Kailahun (5) and Bo (1).Five (5) of the 15 samples are positive for [Read more]
Former State House Chief of Staff, Dr. Richard Konteh, timber entrepreneur Alie Suma and Customs Officer Leslie Peter Crosby were last Friday remanded at the maximum security prison at Pademba [Read more]
Sierra Leone Minister of Finance and Economic Development signs loan agreement for Solar Park Freetown (6MW) as part of International Renewable Energy Agency / Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (IRENA [Read more]
Some executive members and supporters of the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) have asked the Chairman and Leader, Chief Sheborah Sumanoh Kapen, and Secretary-General, Sulaiman Bajan Tejan-Sie, to [Read more]
Reports monitored from Sierra Leone indicate that a nine years old girl in a village called Bongama 1 in the Nimikoro Chiefdom bled to death following a forceful initiation into [Read more]
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