News Sierra Leone Eastern: Guinea releases 16 soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone after border dispute
Guinea on Friday released 16 soldiers and police officers from neighboring Sierra Leone who were arrested earlier this week in a border dispute, Sierra Leonean authorities said. “All security officer...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Congo-Kinshasa: The Way That Minerals Are Mined Affects Conflict in Eastern Congo
Analysis - Strong evidence links the mining of minerals to local conflict in several African countries. This is because minerals are prized by rebel groups and are a source of their financing. Examples include the "blood diamonds" that were used to finance armed groups in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Rumours, stigma and stress during Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic
This post is part of Njala Writes, a blog series resulting from a writing workshop hosted at Njala University, Sierra Leone in June 2019, in collaboration with the LSE Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Sierra Leone: NATCOM Takes 'One Area Network' Sensitisation to Kambia, Kabala
Kambia district and Kabala in the Koinadugu district, which are in the northwest and north-eastern regions of Sierra Leone respectively, share border with Sierra Leone's neighbour-Guinea ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Sierra Leone: Employing Salt Approach to Prevent Disease Outbreak in Border Communities
And the entry point for both calamities was Kailahun District, Eastern Sierra Leone. The health system in border communities in Kailahun District, as with other remote communities in Sierra Leone ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: A growing lack of trust in authority poses a serious danger to our health
A health worker at a treatment centre near Freetown, Sierra Leone, during the 2014 Ebola outbreak ... With the sole exception of eastern Europe, western Europe has the lowest level of trust in the ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: The economic impact of Ebola
Dr Kaifala Marah was finance minister of Sierra Leone during the outbreak in 2014, and tells us how his country was affected at the time. Time magazine writer Sally Hayden has just returned from ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Sierra Leone: IMC Ends Provincial Tour
southern and eastern provinces. The theme of the seminar: Managing the Press Effectively and Professionally - was rolled out first in Freetown at the headquarters of the Sierra Leone Association ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Hammer Fibre Optics says fixed wireless network on course in Sierra Leone
The first point of presence in Freetown, Sierra Leone is nearing completion ... While construction is progressing on networks in West Africa and with its partners in the Eastern Caribbean, Hammer’s ...
News Sierra Leone Eastern: Ebola listening projects take cues from community to improve response
Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone December 19, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER) DAKAR, June 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Working in Liberia during the Ebola ...