SIERRA LEONE PEACE DIAMOND NETS $6.5 MILLION IN AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WEST AFRICAN NATION

The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, though the 113 million sector is plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›

ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMONDS FETCHES $6.5 MILLION TO DEAL WITH SMUGGLERS IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION

The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, but the multi-million dollar sector is still plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›

GIANT 'PEACE DIAMOND' SELLS FOR $6.5M

A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for 6.5m ?4.8m ... READ MORE›

AU CHIDES ABUSES OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN LIBYA

I am very disappointed by the fact that the African Union allowed Colonel Gaddafi to be killed, he said... READ MORE›

TOGOLESE PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION

ACROSS AFRICA In this week's edition protests in Togo continue and hundreds are forced to cross the border into Ghana the Triplets Ghetto Kids show u..... READ MORE›

RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD

An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE›

LIBERIA SET TO VOTE IN POLL TO CHOOSE ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF SUCCESSOR

Liberians are set to go to the polls to choose a successor to Africa's first elected female president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf... READ MORE›

CHINA IS A DEPENDABLE FRIEND TO SIERRA LEONE, SAYS PRESIDENT KOROMA

President Koroma entering the Chinese Ark Peace Hospital ship Sierra Leone's Preside... READ MORE›

PLA NAVY, ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION, VISITS SIERRA LEONE[1]

The vessel arrived on Tuesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital and largest city, which is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean... READ MORE›

TOGO PRESIDENT REQUESTS CANCELLATION OF ISRAEL-AFRICA SUMMIT AMID UNREST

Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbe, has requested the cancellation of an Israeli-Africa summit scheduled for next month in the West African country, the Associated Press reports... READ MORE›

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AT LEAST 300 DEAD IN SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING[1]

Sierra Leone's national broadcaster announced late Monday that the death toll had risen above 300... READ MORE›

OBAMA SAYS I COULD WIN 3RD TERM AS PRESIDENT

Nobody should be president for life Mr. Obama declared in a speech at the African Union the continent's umbrella organization... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN MUDSLIDE NEAR FREETOWN

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, officials and witnesses say... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE APPEALS FOR URGENT HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›

Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›

AFRICAN LEADERS HEAD TO THE GAMBIA FOR MEDIATION TALKS

West African heads of state to arrive in Banjul to ask President Jammeh to step down, according to Senegalese official... READ MORE›

Abby Haglage in the Daily Beast says Dr Spencer's case could affect Ebola patients worldwide - by deterring would-be volunteers from travelling to West Africa to help... READ MORE›

FOR OBAMA PERSONAL AND PRESIDENTIAL INTERSECT IN KENYA

Two advocacy groups, Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights, or Muhuri, were placed on a list of entities suspected of ties to the Shabab... READ MORE›

BAND AID 30: CLUMSY, PATRONISING AND WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure launch Band Aid 30 to help fight Ebola in west Africa... READ MORE›

CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES

Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... READ MORE›

AU TROOPS KILLED IN AL-SHABAB ATTACK

Somalia african union troops killed in al-shabab attack... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

In Sierra Leone, the hardest hit of any nation during the Ebola outbreak, nearly 4,000 people died from the disease altogether 14,000 were infected... READ MORE›

OBAMA IN ETHIOPIA PLANS TO ADDRESS SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT

ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia For President Obama the birth of South Sudan four years ago was the capstone of his Africa policy... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA HIGH COURT SAYS ALLOWING BASHIR TO LEAVE VIOLATED CONSTITUTION

Bashir, who had been in South Africa to attend an African Union meeting with other African leaders, was already halfway to Khartoum, Sudan's capital... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF DISEASE

Dr Oliver Johnson, from the King's Sierra Leone partnership, worked at an Ebola clinic in Freetown, and has strong links with medical professionals there... READ MORE›

NEW CASE EMERGES IN SIERRA LEONE

Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over... READ MORE›

TROPHY HUNTING JUST PART OF THE STORY BEHIND DECLINING LION NUMBERS IN AFRICA

Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›

WHO CRISIS TEAM HOLDS EBOLA TALKS

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE WHY JOAN COLLINS CHOSE TO CONFIDE IN BRAVE MISS WORLD FILMMAKER LINOR ABARGIL ABOUT TEENAGE RAPE TRAUMA

But he added that there were still, by some estimates, 1,000 to 2,000 new Ebola cases a week -- the bulk of those now in Guinea and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

BENIN, LIBERIA LEAD AFRICA IN RANKING AT MAIDEN GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION

Among the African contingent that ranked behind Benin and Liberia were Nigeria 25, Mozambique 29, Mali 30, Zambia 32, Sierra Leone 37, Cameroon 43, and Equatorial Guinea 50 ... READ MORE›

OBAMA ON CHINAS TURF PRESENTS US AS A BETTER PARTNER FOR AFRICA

China has far outpaced the United States in economic interaction with Africa since Mr. Obama took office... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE IS FREE OF EBOLA, 18 MONTHS AND 11,000 DEATHS AFTER OUTBREAK

NAIROBI -- About a year and a half after it emerged, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has officially ended... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE EBOLA NURSES ON STRIKE

The clinic, in Bandajuma near Bo, is the only Ebola treatment centre in southern Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

AFRICA SETS UP $28.5M CRISIS FUND

Of the West African countries hit by the 11-month outbreak, Liberia has seen the most deaths... READ MORE›

NEW EBOLA CASE IS DISCOVERED IN LIBERIA

The World Health Organization declared Liberia Ebola-free on May 9 a landmark moment in the country which has suffered more deaths from the epidemic than any other... READ MORE›

OBAMA TO PRESS AFRICAN LEADERS ON RIGHTS AND CORRUPTION

President Obama said the US would continue to co-operate with Kenya and other East African nations to counter the threats from Islamist extremists groups... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL SOUTH AFRICAS DISGRACEFUL HELP FOR PRESIDENT BASHIR OF SUDAN

Bashir, he apparently felt he could travel safely to Johannesburg to attend an African Union summit meeting because the South African government insisted he had immunity ... READ MORE›

TELEGRAPH INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI OF NIGERIA

How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram?... READ MORE›

GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY

It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

EBOLA 'STABLE' IN GUINEA - WHO

Refused entry Guinea has not been as badly hit by Ebola as neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia... READ MORE›