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Sierra Leone: 12,000 Ebola Orphans Threatened by Hunger

November 8, 2016 Steven Addamah 0

British charity ‘Street Child’ on Monday said thousands of Ebola orphans and teenage mothers in charge of households in Sierra Leone are struggling to feed […]

EBOLA: Liberia Closes Border with Guinea

March 24, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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: Thousand Pregnant Schoolgirls Re-admitted

March 4, 2016 Steven Addamah 0

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

January 13, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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

December 29, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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

October 28, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

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

September 17, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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

September 2, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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 […]