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September 2014

WASHINGTON, September 16, 2014 - The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$105 million grant to finance Ebola-containment efforts underway in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, help families and communities

Freetown, Sept. 16, 014 (MOHS) Coca-Cola Africa Foundation in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Bottling Company and Medshire has donated the first consignment of Personal Protective Equipment as part of a two-20 feet container to

(An Analytic Evaluation of the Economic Effects of Ebola on Trade, Tourism and Agriculture) The signing of multi-million dollars project by the Government of Sierra Leone with the Russian Government Authority for the construction of a

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has said that Ambassadors accredited to the Arabian Kingdom should continue to work as a team to enable them speak with one voice.  Amb. Bamakhrama (R)

Partners in Relief and Development, Sierra Leone (PaRD-SL) a leading Non- Governmental Organisation have recently provided support to the people of Sanda Loko and Sella Limba chiefdoms in the Bombali District on initiatives that promote

DETROIT - Chevrolet, in partnership with One World Futbol Project and in an effort to demonstrate all things are possible through play, has reached an epic milestone with delivery of the 1 millionth One World

Freetown, Sept. 10, 014 (MOHS) - The Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company (SLPMC) has made a donation of 300 bags of 25kg Nerica rice to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as a contribution towards

Magburaka, Sept. 15, 014 (MOHS) - Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has commended the Paramount Chief of Kholifa Rowala Chiefdom in the Tonkolili district Masa Kama III for his commitment in the

We regret to announce the death of Dr. Olivet Buck. Dr. Buck was the Medical Superintendent attached to the Lumley Government hospital in Western Urban Freetown. She is the fourth doctor we have lost in

Freetown, Sept. 11, 014 (MOHS) - Presidential Nominees for the position of Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah and Deputy Minister II (Two), Madam Madina Rahman have been unanimously ratified by Parliament

“We are part of the struggle to kick Ebola out” says :- Chairman Conteh. Members of “Friends of Ernest Koroma” in The Gambia over the weekend made cash presentation of GD 10.000 (ten thousand Gambian dalasis)

The magnitude and spread of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone requires enormous commitment of resources and robust sustained response capacities. The unprecedented outbreak has necessitated the institution of uncomfortable measures in a bid to

(Nairobi, September 15, 2014) –West African governments should ensure rights protections as a crucial element in controlling the unprecedented Ebola epidemic ravaging the region, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch expressed its sympathy

The United Nations Security Council will be holding an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the Ebola plague spreading across three countries in West Africa, according to diplomats speaking on conditions of anonymity in New

Is it me or what? I mean from indications, most of our political leaders are obviously a genre of those who missed the last bus to the real world. It shows, not only in their crass