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›

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›

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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›

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›

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›

CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES

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

OBAMA DEMANDS $6BN FOR EBOLA FIGHT

However, privately, UN officials say the country that currently has the worst Ebola hotspots, Sierra Leone, is not coping at all... 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›

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›

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›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARES EBOLA LOCKDOWN

Sierra Leone has the highest number of Ebola cases in West Africa, with more than 9,000 cases and more than 2,400 deaths since the start of the outbreak... 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›

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›

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›

GAMBIA CRISIS INTENSIFIES BEFORE THURSDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Yahya Jammeh, president of the West African nation, has been in power since he staged a coup 22 years ago... 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›

ADAMA BARROW HEADS TO MALI FOR GAMBIA CRISIS TALKS

Winner of presidential vote heads to Bamako as last-ditch regional attempts to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down fail... 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›

RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY

The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›

OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START

Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›

THE GAMBIA'S PRESIDENT URGED TO ACCEPT DEFEAT BY NEW GOVERNMENT

The gambia life goes on in banjul as yahya jammeh clings to power... READ MORE›

FINAL TEST RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE

Scientists have struggled to develop an Ebola vaccine over the years, and this is the first one proven to work... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... READ MORE›

FROM NIGERIA TO BURMAS JUNGLE

A few months before he was shot as an enemy soldier in its sweltering jungles 16-year-old Nigerian Isaac Fadoyebo had never even heard of Burma... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT 'TO MATCH ?5M EBOLA CASH'

Mr Saeed also warned of other risks in West Africa as health workers focus on fighting Ebola... READ MORE›

VICTORY AS GUINEA IS DEEMED FREE OF EBOLA

Of all the countries where Ebola spread, the virus proved hardest to eradicate from Guinea, experts said... READ MORE›

DOG SAVES CHILDREN S LIVES DURING ROAD RAGE SHOOTING

As for meeting the United Nations' interim treatment goal, Guinea and Liberia are believed to be treating more than 70 percent of known Ebola patients... READ MORE›