Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone parliamentarians made new push for legal early abortions

A new push to legalize abortion in Sierra Leone has been made after the parliamentarians gave back t...

Feb 16, 2016 09:09 AM EST

Liberia declared Ebola-free, but outbreak continues over border

Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sa...

May 09, 2015 06:46 PM EDT

Sierra Leone's fired VP seeks court order to bar replacement

Former Sierra Leone Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana, who was fired by the president in March, petit...

Apr 10, 2015 10:47 AM EDT

Four Americans arrive in Nebraska to be monitored for Ebola virus

Four Americans who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone have arrived in t...

Mar 15, 2015 08:52 PM EDT

Nigeria drafts in foreign mercenaries to take on Boko Haram

Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give...

Mar 13, 2015 09:22 AM EDT

Hunger and frustration grow at Ebola ground zero in Guinea

A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou a...

Mar 03, 2015 06:38 PM EST

Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government says

Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirme...

Jan 23, 2015 09:06 PM EST

Sierra Leone to reopen schools in March as Ebola infections slow

Schools in Sierra Leone will reopen in March, the West African nation's government said on Wednesday...

Jan 22, 2015 08:09 AM EST

Italy rescues another abandoned migrant ship

A ship carrying hundreds of migrants has been abandoned by its crew in rough seas in the Mediterrane...

Jan 02, 2015 07:28 AM EST

Sierra Leone to ban Xmas parties, plans "surge" to curb Ebola spread

Sierra Leone plans to ban parties and other festivities over the Christmas and New Year's holidays a...

Dec 13, 2014 10:32 PM EST

Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola at Nebraska hospital

A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone died early on Monday of the disease at ...

Nov 18, 2014 02:23 AM EST

Critically ill Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola now in U.S.

A surgeon from Sierra Leone, critically ill with Ebola, was flown to a Nebraska hospital for treatme...

Nov 17, 2014 02:16 AM EST

Mali steps up border controls after Ebola case arrives from Guinea

Mali said it was reinforcing health controls at border posts but has no plans to close its frontiers...

Nov 13, 2014 09:45 AM EST

Judge rejects strict limits on U.S. nurse who treated Ebola patients

Declaring Ebola fears in the United States "not entirely rational," a judge rejected Maine's bid for...

Oct 31, 2014 05:51 PM EDT

Nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride; negotiations fail

A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone but has tested negative for the virus went for a ...

Oct 31, 2014 09:38 AM EDT

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