By Mabinty Kamara
Recently there have persistent reports of unidentified corpses been abandoned on the streets of Freetown. In some cases dead bodies have been on the streets for more than two days, posing serious health risk to residents.
Ebola: Sierra Leone deploys soldiers at border with Guinea
By Kemo Cham
The Sierra Leone government last week announced stringent measures aimed at preventing the spread of the Ebola virus disease from Guinea.
Guinea is battle the viral disease in the second phase of the epidemic that first emerged in March 2014.
According to reports on Monday, at least eight people have died since March 17 when the second outbreak erupted in the country after it was declared free of the virus in December last year.
Sierra Leone conducts second round polio campaign
By Kemo Cham
The second round of the national anti-polio vaccination campaign went underway on Friday targeting 1.462,000 children.
Children between 0 and 59 months were targeted in the exercise by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) which was scheduled to last from Friday April 1 to Monday April 4.
Media urged to expose effect of alcohol
By Kemo Cham
The Media has the moral responsibility to inform the people on the dangers of alcohol consumption, a coalition of civil society organization has said as part of efforts to mobilize against liquor brewers. For months now concerns about the effect of alcohol especially on youths have mounted.
Ebola: 4 dead and counting in Guinea
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Officials in Guinea, West Africa, have confirmed that Ebola has killed a young girl at the Nzerekore hospital. She becomes the fourth victim to have been killed by Ebola since it resurfaced in the Mano River Union country in February, 2016. Others countries in the union are Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire.
Sierra Leone villagers threaten to block iron ore rail track
Freetown (Politico Online): Residents of the three relocated communities at the Tonkolili iron ore mine in northern Sierra Leone have threatened to block the railway track from transporting ore for Shandong Steel.
It comes after the Chinese company discontinued payment of their monthly household subvention of a bag of rice and $25 to the Ferengbeya, Wondugu and Foraya villages, a bailout agreement introduced by African Minerals Company (AML) which had existed before the Chinese company bought over their concession areas.
More woes for FBC students
Freetown (Politico Online): Fourah Bay College lecturers have started an indefinite stay-at-home strike over pay and conditions.
They say the central government has reneged on an agreement reached with them five years ago for a pay rise that was to have been effected within three years.
The Vice President of the college academic staff association, Ambrose Rogers told Politico that they were also "concerned about our safety and the safety of our families because thieves have been invading our quarters and wreaking havoc on us with ease".
