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Africa's Health Ministry Declares Mpox A Public Health Emergency; All You Need To Know
Mpox Health Emergency In Sierra Leone: This declaration of public health emergency in Africa serves as a stark reminder of the ever-evolving challenges in infectious disease management.
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Sierra Leone Declares Emergency After Addicts Dig Up Graves To Get High On Drug Made From Human Bones
A psychoactive drug crafted from human bones is leaving addicts in the West African country of Sierra Leone digging up graves in order to get their fix.
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98 Dead In Fuel Tanker Blast In Sierra Leone Capital
A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country's vice president said on Saturday.
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Chinese-Funded Harbour In Sierra Leone Stirs Environmental Fears
Sierra Leoneans are protesting a planned industrial harbour in a lush village in the West African country over concerns the Chinese-financed project will destroy pristine rainforest and pollute the ocean.
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Baby Duties In Zoom Meeting: Dad Goals From Sierra Leone Education Minister
A minister in Sierra Leone has started a conversation around gender roles after joining a Zoom meeting with his 10-month-old daughter.
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Idris Elba To Receive Sierra Leone Passport In First-Time Visit To His Father's Hometown
The British-born star landed in the seaside capital Freetown to a small crowd on Wednesday, according to a government official who declined to be named
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Isolate Nations Which Aid And Abet Terrorism, Says Vice-President
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday termed terrorism as one of the major challenges confronting the world today and said nations which aid and abet terror should be isolated.
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One Of World's Largest Diamonds Fetches $6.5 Million To Aid Sierra Leone
One of the world's largest diamonds was sold for $6.5 million by Sierra Leone on Monday to fund local development projects, dealing a blow to smugglers in the West African nation.
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Nearly 400 Bodies Recovered From Sierra Leone Mudslide: Chief Coroner
Rescue workers have recovered nearly 400 bodies from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the chief coroner said on Tuesday, as rescue operations continued and morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.
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706-Carat Diamond Unearthed By Pastor In Sierra Leone
A pastor working in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, a discovery that experts said on Thursday could be the 10th largest stone ever found.
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2 Girls Die After Circumcisions In South Leone, Guinea
A teenage girl died after undergoing a botched female circumcision in Sierra Leone, police said Thursday, just days after the death of a 10-year-old girl in Guinea.
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Sierra Leone, Liberia Risk Ebola-Like Outbreaks From Poor Sanitation
Sierra Leone and Liberia risk new deadly epidemics akin to the impact of the Ebola virus due to lack of clean water and hygienic conditions in most homes, an NGO warned Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone Stops Mandatory Testing Of Corpses For Ebola
Sierra Leone declared today that it would stop the mandatory testing of all dead bodies for the Ebola virus, lifting a restriction put in place at the end of an outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.
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Guinea Government Says 2 People Have Died From Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Sierra Leone Has 2nd Ebola Case After Epidemic Thought Over
Officials in Sierra Leone say there's now a second case of Ebola in the country since health authorities had declared an end to the epidemic.
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Africa's Health Ministry Declares Mpox A Public Health Emergency; All You Need To Know
Mpox Health Emergency In Sierra Leone: This declaration of public health emergency in Africa serves as a stark reminder of the ever-evolving challenges in infectious disease management.
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Sierra Leone Declares Emergency After Addicts Dig Up Graves To Get High On Drug Made From Human Bones
A psychoactive drug crafted from human bones is leaving addicts in the West African country of Sierra Leone digging up graves in order to get their fix.
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98 Dead In Fuel Tanker Blast In Sierra Leone Capital
A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country's vice president said on Saturday.
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Chinese-Funded Harbour In Sierra Leone Stirs Environmental Fears
Sierra Leoneans are protesting a planned industrial harbour in a lush village in the West African country over concerns the Chinese-financed project will destroy pristine rainforest and pollute the ocean.
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Baby Duties In Zoom Meeting: Dad Goals From Sierra Leone Education Minister
A minister in Sierra Leone has started a conversation around gender roles after joining a Zoom meeting with his 10-month-old daughter.
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Idris Elba To Receive Sierra Leone Passport In First-Time Visit To His Father's Hometown
The British-born star landed in the seaside capital Freetown to a small crowd on Wednesday, according to a government official who declined to be named
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Isolate Nations Which Aid And Abet Terrorism, Says Vice-President
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday termed terrorism as one of the major challenges confronting the world today and said nations which aid and abet terror should be isolated.
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One Of World's Largest Diamonds Fetches $6.5 Million To Aid Sierra Leone
One of the world's largest diamonds was sold for $6.5 million by Sierra Leone on Monday to fund local development projects, dealing a blow to smugglers in the West African nation.
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Nearly 400 Bodies Recovered From Sierra Leone Mudslide: Chief Coroner
Rescue workers have recovered nearly 400 bodies from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the chief coroner said on Tuesday, as rescue operations continued and morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.
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706-Carat Diamond Unearthed By Pastor In Sierra Leone
A pastor working in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, a discovery that experts said on Thursday could be the 10th largest stone ever found.
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2 Girls Die After Circumcisions In South Leone, Guinea
A teenage girl died after undergoing a botched female circumcision in Sierra Leone, police said Thursday, just days after the death of a 10-year-old girl in Guinea.
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Sierra Leone, Liberia Risk Ebola-Like Outbreaks From Poor Sanitation
Sierra Leone and Liberia risk new deadly epidemics akin to the impact of the Ebola virus due to lack of clean water and hygienic conditions in most homes, an NGO warned Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone Stops Mandatory Testing Of Corpses For Ebola
Sierra Leone declared today that it would stop the mandatory testing of all dead bodies for the Ebola virus, lifting a restriction put in place at the end of an outbreak that claimed thousands of lives.
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Guinea Government Says 2 People Have Died From Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, as the WHO declared a flare-up of the virus in neighbouring Sierra Leone over.
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Sierra Leone Has 2nd Ebola Case After Epidemic Thought Over
Officials in Sierra Leone say there's now a second case of Ebola in the country since health authorities had declared an end to the epidemic.
