Tag: Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone releases last known Ebola patient from hospital
Sierra Leone on Monday released its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital and began a 42-day countdown to being declared…
2017 AFCON Qualifiers: Nigeria to host Sierra Leone/Cote d’Ivoire clash
Nigeria will host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match between reigning African champions Cote d’Ivoire and the…
Ebola: Liberia, others to get $5bn assistance from international community
The international community has pledged more than five billion dollars, to support Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in their efforts…
Ebola Surfaces Again
Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought…
Sierra Leone parliament extends emergency rule by 90 days
Sierra Leone Parliament on Friday in Freetown, ratified the extension, by 90 days, of the state of emergency which was…
Ebola cases rise in Guinea, Sierra Leone, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed on Tuesday that Ebola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Bruce Aylward,…
Sierra Leone announces Ebola lockdown of 2.5 million people
Sierra Leone said Thursday it will confine around 2.5 million people to their homes across the capital and in the…
Sierra Leone vice-president asks US for asylum
Sierre Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has applied for asylum at the US embassy in Freetown and is in hiding…
Sierra Leone reports sharp increase in Ebola cases
Sierra Leone said on Wednesday it was seeing a spike in Ebola infections, blaming unsafe burials that threaten to undermine…
Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes after Ebola case
Sierra Leone placed hundreds of homes in the capital under Ebola quarantine Friday, in a huge blow for its recovery…
Ebola not over yet, new cases soar in Guinea, LIberia, Sierra Leone
The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of…
Red Cross nurse dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone
A nurse working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola in the eastern district of Kenema,…
S.Leone nurses strike over Ebola pay amid lockdown
Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola…
Sierra Leone goes door-to-door to fight Ebola surge
Sierra Leone on Wednesday said health workers would go door-to-door as part of sweeping efforts to stem the spread of…
Sierra Leone cancels Christmas as Ebola crisis deepens
Sierra Leone said Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to…