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Recent News Headlines : Dr Geraldine O'hara
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›
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›
Trending News Headlines : Dr Geraldine O'hara
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›
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›
HOTEL BAD REVIEW 'FINE' SCRAPPED
However, Blackpool Trading Standards said its officers had now spoken to the hotel's management team, who have agreed not to levy these fines in the future... READ MORE›
CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES
Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... 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›
ARCTIC BLAST HITS CANADA AND US
The National Weather Service said the snow should begin to ease on Wednesday... 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›
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›
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›
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›
PLAY GAMES WITH YOUR PET OVER THE NET
The BBC's North America technology correspondent Richard Taylor spoke to PetCube's Yukia Zimmermann to find out... 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›
TAX TRIAL CONFIRMED FOR SPAIN ROYAL
Judges have been investigating allegations that the princess's husband embezzled millions in public funds with a former business partner and that the princess had knowingly benefited from the dealings... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH ELECTRICITY RESTORED AFTER MAJOR BLACKOUT
The high-voltage transmission line runs from Baharampur in West Bengal, India, to Bheramara in Kushtia district, in south-west Bangladesh... 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›
DEVON WOMAN DIES IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIVING INCIDENT
Paramedics were called to the National Diving and Activity Centre at Tidenham in the Forest of Dean on Saturday... READ MORE›
FATHER AND SON KILLED IN PENISTONE HOUSE FIRE
Darren Sykes, 44, and his son Paul were found in the property in Penistone, near Barnsley, on Wednesday evening... 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›
TWO DIE AFTER SEPARATE CAR ACCIDENTS
And a 46-year-old man died after being hit by a Jaguar on the A82 at Arden in Alexandria, near the Cameron House Hotel, at about 03 50... READ MORE›
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS WOMEN ARE OFTEN UNAWARE OF THE RISK OF A STROKE
A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Stroke Association found that women were often unaware that they too could suffer... READ MORE›