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ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE IN EGYPT - FRANCE 24
Also, how an international outcry forced the Sierra Leone government to reverse its ban on pregnant teenagers receiving an education... READ MORE›
EBOLA: SURVIVORS FACE HEALTH COMPLICATIONS AMID RED CROSS SCANDAL
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Barely two years after West African nations defeated a deadly Ebola scourge, they are confronting a new epidemic corruption... READ MORE›
709 CARAT SIERRA LEONE 'PEACE DIAMOND' SOLD FOR $6.5M IN NEW YORK AUCTION
A 709 carat uncut diamond discovered in March 2017 by a group of miners in Sierra Leone fetched 6.5m at a New York auction on Monday December 4, 2017 ... READ MORE›
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›
FREETOWN FLOOD DISASTER WAS '90 PERCENT MAN-MADE'
Thirty years ago, no one would have been killed, says Thorsten Kallnischkies, a geologist seconded to the United Nations Development Programme UNDP office in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
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S LEONE MUDSLIDE KILLS AT LEAST 200
More than 300 people have been killed in mudslides and flooding near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE: DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDE NEARS 500
READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE PASTOR FINDS HUGE 706-CARAT DIAMOND
A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made worldwide... READ MORE›
ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS
More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›
URGENT PLEA FOR HELP AS DEATH TOLL RISES
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Paolo Conteh told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remain unaccounted for... READ MORE›
BURIALS FOR SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE VICTIMS
The burials involved people who had already been identified or whose bodies were badly decomposed, Freetown's chief pathologist Dr Simeon Owizz Koroma said... READ MORE›
REFLECTIONS ON SIERRA LEONE'S MUDSLIDE DISASTER
Sierra Leonean journalist and Freetown resident Umaru Fofana reflects on the disaster... READ MORE›
ATTENTION IS ON HARVEY BUT FLOODING HAS KILLED THOUSANDS THIS MONTH IN OTHER COUNTRIES TOO
Below are some photos from Sierra Leone and South Asia that give a sense of the enormity of the catastrophes there... READ MORE›
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›
HUNDREDS BURIED ALIVE IN MASSIVE SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDES AND FLOODS
Associated Press After a night of torrential rain, entire hillsides have collapsed into fast-moving mud in and around Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, on Monday... 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›
EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AFTER THREE DIE
Thousands more survivors have been left with long-term health problems and Liberia was only declared free of active Ebola virus transmission last June... READ MORE›
MASS BURIALS AFTER DEVASTATING SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE
READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›
FLOODS KILL MORE THAN 300, FEARS RISE FOR 600 MISSING
Sierra Leone entered a week-long mourning period for the victims of flooding that killed more than 300 people, with fears rising for at least 600 missing people... 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›
AFTER SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE, NATION PREPARES FOR MASS FUNERALS
An estimated 400 people who have died so far, according to Sinneh Kamara, assistant officer at Sierra Leone's Connaught hospital, which is serving as the city's morgue... READ MORE›
EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN NORTHEAST DR CONGO
In June 2016, WHO declared Liberia free of active Ebola virus transmission... READ MORE›
West Africa is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history and more than 2,000 people have died... 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›
EBOLA: THE DISEASE IN A DAY LIVE COVERAGE
A healthcare worker sprays disinfectant in the area they found a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
'I ESCAPED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE ROOF'
My husband woke me up as the water was filling the house... READ MORE›
EBOLA DRUG CLINICAL TRIALS TO START
Trials One trial involves using the blood of recovered Ebola patients to treat sick people in the Guinean capital Conakry... 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›
S LEONE VICE-PRESIDENT IN QUARANTINE
Nearly 10,000 people have died in the outbreak, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
NEW YEAR: CELEBRATIONS MARK START OF 2016
More than 100,000 people watched the fireworks display in London and other UK cities, amid heightened security... READ MORE›
THE SATURDAY PROFILE UN ENVOY DRAWS ON HER PAST IN SIERRA LEONE TO HELP ABUSED WOMEN
As refugees, they are at risk of higher levels of domestic violence at home and sexual harassment when they step out... 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›