By Mustapha Kamara
Sierra Leone assesses impact of Ebola on gender
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
Government of Sierra Leone, in partnership with Statistics Sierra Leone and some nongovernmental organisations, has launched a study based on assessment of the multi-sectorial impact of Ebola on gender dimensions in the country.
Pathologist for Tacugama murder case
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Government consultant pathologist and chief forensic scientist in Sierra Leone, Dr. Simeon Owizz Koroma, is expected to testify in an alleged murder matter under preliminary investigations at Pademba Road Court No. 2.
The matter, before Magistrate Mohamed Seray-Wurie, involved a 21-year-old youth who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death in June over a mobile phone call she received whiles they were together.
Man remanded for flouting Ebola laws in Sierra Leone
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No. 2 has remanded a youth from eastern Freetown at the Pademba Correctional Center for allegedly entering a quarantined home without lawful authority and for alleged obstruction of police duty.
Sierra Leone Ebola burial teams protest with corpses
Dead bodies at the entrance of the hospital
By Jenneh Braima and Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
The Ebola burial team at the Kenema hospital yesterday started an indefinite strike over “non-payment of allowances for October and November” leading to the abandonment of 15 dead bodies.
Ebola hits DSTV
Adonis Aboud
By Mustapha Kamara
Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Sierra Leone says Ebola has severely impacted the activities of the satellite service provider, DSTV.
Sierra Leone loses 20,000 tourists
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara
Sierra Leone’s deputy minister of tourism has disclosed that the country lost over 20,000 foreign pleasure seekers between 2013 and 2014 due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus.
Kadie Sesay told a weekly journalists in Freetown that “in 2013 the tourist industry attracted 52, 226 tourists, and that number has reduced to 32, 223 this year.”
She said the reduction was amidst cancellation of many flights as there were only Air Maroc and Brussels Airlines actively operating in the country.
