Sierra Express Media reported a few days ago that the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had issued a warning about the dreadful Ebola virus spreading across West Africa. And that residents must avoid
The World Bank has in the form of a grant, make available the sum of more than twenty million United States Dollars to uplifting educational development in Sierra Leone. The Proposed Global Partnership for Education Fund
With rising food prices and so many mouths to feed, Cameroon is grappling with a serious crisis. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that prices of main food items have skyrocketed this year, some by
A historic event which will see United States President Barack Obama welcoming fifty African Heads of State during a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, under the theme “Investing in the Next Generation.” Is currently underway in
While we embark on the emergency to fight the Ebola virus, there are a few things that are worth considering. I am sure all security measures are in place for a peaceful movement of our
It must now be clear to everyone, skeptics 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
Sub-Saharan Africa is about to face a major shortage of teachers, says the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Its newly released data show that about one third of the countries in the
The growing transmission rate and Ebola-associated deaths among health staffs (doctors, CHOs, nurses, porters and cleaners for example) concur with scientific evidence linking greater exposure to Ebola with health care settings. As efforts on the
For some 300,000 people leaving in 202 villages in Tanzania, change is coming. The leading fixed network operator in the country, the Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL), has recently announced that it will invest over $6
Last week, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Margaret Chan warned that the current outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa could be catastrophic if it is not quickly brought under
Even before President Ernest Koroma declared a public state of emergency in Sierra Leone and days before the international community issued an Ebola red alert, Sierra Leonean born Mustapha Wai (in photo) and his colleagues
The Minister of Energy – Amb. Henry Macauley has told all energy stakeholders that he is impressed with the overlaps in the sector but action should be done to harmonize and properly direct the overlaps.
The Northern Region Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission has on Thursday 31st July 2014 directed its sustained public education drive to core staff and Traffic Wardens of the Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) in
The Women’s Forum Sierra Leone on Thursday 31st July 2014 made a humble donation of Le500, 000 each to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs and the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society.
Kabala, August 2 (SLENA) Vice President, Alhaji Chief Sam-Sumana observed this year’s Eid-uL Fitri prayers with the people of Kabala, Koinadugu District, Northern Sierra Leone. Welcoming the Vice President at the playing field in Kabala, Chief
