EBOLA: Liberia Closes Border with Guinea
Liberia has closed its border with neighboring Guinea amid concerns of a new outbreak of the Ebola virus. According to Liberia’s information minister Lenn Eugene […]
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Thousand Pregnant Schoolgirls Re-admitted
Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting for exams in Sierra Leone last year, have now been placed into both […]
Orange to acquire Airtel’s two subsidiaries in West-Africa
French telecoms giant Orange on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel of India to acquire the latter’s operations in Burkina Faso […]
WHO officially declares Guinea Ebola-free
Guinea has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation, prompting nationwide celebrations tinged with sadness over thousands of lives that the virus […]
Sudan: Nigerian diplomat to head Darfur peacekeeping mission
The United Nations and African Union on Tuesday appointed a Nigerian diplomat as new head for the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) together with […]
Sierra Leone: Floods kill 4, citizens urged to stay at home
Sierra Leone’s government has ordered people to stay at home on Thursday after four people were killed and scores injured following torrential rains in Sierra […]
Sierra Leone: New Ebola death puts 50 people into quarantine
Fifty people have been placed in quarantine following the death of a middle-aged woman in Sierra Leone, medical officials said on Tuesday, setting back efforts […]
Sierra Leone: No new Ebola case in a week, WHO
The World Health Organization said on Monday that Sierra Leone has not recorded any new case of Ebola since last week; a first since the […]
Orange to buy four African businesses from Airtel
Orange SA is in talks to buy four of Bharti Airtel Ltd.’s African businesses. The French telecoms group said on Monday it had entered an […]
UN needs $3.2 billion for Ebola recovery efforts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
The United Nations said on Thursday that its Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will call for continued solidarity with the three West African countries most impacted by […]