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›
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Paolo Conteh told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remain unaccounted for... READ MORE›
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›
Sierra Leonean journalist and Freetown resident Umaru Fofana reflects on the disaster... READ MORE›
Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›
READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›
The Ebola Donors Conference in London on Thursday is being hosted by the UK and Sierra Leone governments... READ MORE›
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›
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›
Related Stories Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has gone into hiding while he seeks political asylum at the US embassy in the capital, Freetown... READ MORE›
But the three worst-affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- have now recorded falling numbers of new cases for four successive weeks, Dr... READ MORE›
Nearly 10,000 people have died in the outbreak, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
Freetown has recorded more than 50 of all Ebola infections in Sierra Leone over the past two weeks... READ MORE›
Bodies continued to arrive at Freetown's overwhelmed central morgue on Tuesday... READ MORE›
But the three worst-affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- have now recorded falling numbers of new cases for four successive weeks, Dr... READ MORE›
Both countries have introduced some free healthcare in Sierra Leone for pregnant women and small children and in Liberia for everyone... READ MORE›
Around 1,319 new infections have been recorded in Sierra Leone in the last three weeks with 7,897 cases and 1,768 deaths up to last Wednesday... READ MORE›
On Monday 14th August I woke to news of devastating flooding and mudslides in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown... READ MORE›
Health authorities in Sierra Leone released the country's last known Ebola patient from a hospital on Monday, a milestone that allows the nation to begin a... READ MORE›
Also, a month after a deadly mudslide rocked Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, killing at least 500 people, the victims of the disaster are being relocated... READ MORE›
FREETOWN - A Christian pastor has found one of the world's largest uncut diamonds -- weighing 706 carats -- in Sierra Leone's eastern Kono region... READ MORE›
Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma said on Wednesday authorities would soon start laying off staff recruited to fight Ebola as the numbers of cases... READ MORE›
The death toll is already above 450 from the flooding and mudslides in the capital, Freetown, early Monday... READ MORE›
President Ernest Bai Koroma launched Operation Western Area Surge on Wednesday in a national broadcast... READ MORE›
But the three worst-affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- have now recorded falling numbers of new cases for four successive weeks, Dr... READ MORE›
Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help after deadly floods... READ MORE›
Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help after deadly floods... READ MORE›
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared seven days of mourning across the country with immediate effect... READ MORE›
The charge d'affaires' briefing was climaxed with prayers being offered for the country and also Sierra Leoneans based in Beijing signing the book of condolence... READ MORE›
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