The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 September 2014 Last week’s UN General Assembly Session in New York, presented perhaps one last great opportunity, for the international community to get a grip on the Ebola crisis, that is now poised to destroying the social and economic fabric of West Africa, if not [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 September 2014 The cost of fighting the deadly Ebola in West Africa could exceed $1 billion, which the three countries in the sub-region whose economies are being savaged by the disease, can ill afford. Average annual GDP growth for the next three consecutive years at [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 September 2014 “Large-scale and well-coordinated assistance by the international community is urgently needed to support the national authorities’ efforts to contain the devastating impact of the disease,” said Christine Lagarde of the IMF yesterday, adding weight to calls for the presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 September 2014 Yesterday president Koroma addressed the special session of the UN General Assembly on Ebola – live from the offices of the World Bank in Freetown. He called on the international community to do more to help save lives in Sierra Leone. He fell [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2014 The people of Sierra Leone have tonight been informed by the president that, following the continuing exponential rise in the number of people contracting the Ebola virus, further measures will now be taken to isolate large swathes of communities across the country. “Port [Read More]
International Crisis Group – Brussels The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 September 2014 The Ebola health crisis threatens to become a political crisis that could unravel years of effort to stabilise West Africa. (Photo: Ebola protesters outside hospital in Freetown). The hardest-hit countries now face widespread chaos and, potentially, collapse. Adding [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2014 Is this the game changer that the people of Sierra Leone have been longing for? Yesterday saw the arrival of the first contingent of thirty British troops in Sierra Leone to help fight the deadly Ebola. In the last six months, more than [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (Puawui) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 September 2014 Since the unexpected passing away on September 4 of my wife Reverend Kadi Rosaline of 40 years, I have been overwhelmed by the amount of sympathy and condolences from hundreds of family members and friends at home and abroad. [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2014 With just hours remaining before the end of the Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone, this evening there are reports from Freetown of people already standing on the streets, outside their homes, shouting: “Ebola don don” – meaning Ebola is over. This understandable, though [Read More]
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