Francis Munu, Inspector General of Police
By Crispina Cummings
Police in Waterloo have arrested a man, said to be a member of a secret society in Sierra Leone, with bones suspected to be human parts.
Sierra Leone govt to pay salaries Sept 12
Dr Kaifala Marah, finance minister
A statement from the finance ministry says Government will start paying salaries to all public sector workers tomorrow, Friday 12 September ahead of the three-day lockdown.
This comes amid concern that it will be difficult to stock up on food for three days with salaries unpaid.
Bill Gates gives US$ 50 mln to defeat Ebola
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday announced that it will commit $50 million "to support the scale up of emergency efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and interrupt transmission of the virus".
A press statement says the Foundation owned by the Microsoft boss will immediately release the funds to United Nations agencies and international organisations involved in the Ebola fight "to enable them and national governments to purchase badly needed supplies and scale up emergency operations in affected countries".
Konos in Freetown meet on Ebola
Richard Moigbeh (middle) chairing the meeting
Scores of descendants of Kono met in Freetown on Tuesday to raise funds to fight against Ebola in the district.
Sierra Leone opposition politician damns lockdown
By Mohamed Vandi
Former leader of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party says the three-day lockdown will worsen - not improve - the fight against Ebola.
John Oponjo Benjamin said “the consequences of such an action will be starvation, chronic malaria and other related problems” he said, and asked thus: “When people are confined for three days who will feed them, provide medicine when they are sick with other diseases, and fetch them water?”
US embassy donates ambulances to Sierra Leone
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
Acting US Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Kathleen FitzGibbon, yesterday handed over five Toyota Land Cruiser ambulances to the government of Sierra Leone as part of her country's contribution to fight the Ebola disease. Already the US Centres for Disease Control is involved in the fight.
Over 21,000 volunteers to be trained for Ebola lockdown
By Jenneh Braima
Chairman of the media communications committee on the Presidential Taskforce on Ebola says 21, 000 volunteers for the 3-day lockdown of the country will be trained in the fight against Ebola.
Ibrahim Ben Kargbo told journalists in Freetown yesterday that the volunteers would be trained to undertake the neighbourhood search and report all suspected cases of Ebola.
