Farouk Martins The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 October 2014 The alarming death in the United States of Ebola carrier Thomas Eric Duncan has created hysteria in the community and stigmatized Africans. If victims are quarantined at home in Liberia or USA, we must supply them food and drinks. His hosts [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2014 Today’s sad death of Eric Duncan (Photo) – the first person to die of Ebola in the USA, who fell ill after arriving from Liberia a few weeks ago, appears to have brought a sharp turning point in the response of the USA and [Read More]
Ismail Mahmud Sheriff Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2014 “I contracted Ebola because of love; I was caring for my mother and father who have now died of the disease”. Fatmata Kamara, 30, wept uncontrollably as she recounted her traumatic ordeal. Fatmata was giving the vote of thanks at an official [Read More]
Farouk Martins Aresa Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2014 Alarm at the first diagnosis of Ebola in the USA, raises more ethical questions about who gets experimental drugs, and where to dispense limited supply in case anything goes wrong. There are histories of humans used as guinea pigs in the [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 October 2014 Liberia may have witnessed the worst of the West African Ebola outbreak, but the rate of transmission and deaths from the virus in Sierra Leone is rising alarmingly, above recorded figures in Liberia. More than 100 new and unconfirmed cases are being reported [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: 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]
John Baimba Sesay-China The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 September 2014 Sierra Leone and her two neighboring sister Republics of Liberia and Guinea, all in the Mano River Union (MRU), are facing serious challenges in their health sectors, following the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. The Republic of Sierra Leone in particular, [Read More]
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