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Two girls die after circumcision

A teenage girl died after undergoing a botched female circumcision in Sierra Leone, police said Thursday, just days after the death of a 1...

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Sierra Leone beat Ghana as most peaceful country in West Africa

Sierra Leone has taken Ghana’s place to be the most peaceful country in West Africa, a 2015 report by the Global Peace Index of the Instit...

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Sierra Leone: Police fire guns, teargas at opposition supporters

Police fired guns and teargas on the headquarters of an opposition party and arrested supporters during celebrations for Sierra Leone'...

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Nigerian to assist Sierra Leone in establishing Shippers' Council

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Friday said it would collaborate with the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration to establish the Si...

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Sierra Leone: Country 'helped deploy ex-child soldiers to Iraq'

Sierra Leone's government helped British private security service firms recruit former child soldiers to work as guards in Iraq fro...

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New Sierra Leone Ebola Alert

Sierra Leone called on Sunday for increased vigilance to prevent a resurgence of the Ebola virus after new cases in neighbouring Liberia a...

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Sierra Leone Ebola survivors protest over medical treatment

Survivors of Ebola are holding protests across Sierra Leone over what they believe is a lack of government care.

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Breaking: Sierra Leone Ebola flare-up over, says WHO

The latest flare-up of Ebola in Sierra Leone has ended, leaving no confirmed cases of the virus in West Africa, the UN said Thursday, hai...

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Sierra Leone president orders government reshuffle

Sierra Leone’s president carried out the biggest cabinet reshuffle of his nine-year tenure on Monday, firing four ministers and his ar...

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Sierra Leone abortion bill blocked by President Bai Koroma again

Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has again refused to sign a bill legalising abortion, saying it should be put to a referen...

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4 Killed In Sierra Leone Floods

At least four people were killed and scores injured following torrential rains in Sierra Leone's capital on Wednesday, according to t...

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New Ebola Death Reported In Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone on Monday announced a new Ebola death in a northern district that had gone nearly six months without reporting any infection...

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Sierra Leone Governemnt Offer $1000 Reward For Rapists Who Killed Teenage Girl

Sierra Leone's government has offered a $1,000 (£640) reward for information leading to the arrest of a gang suspected of raping and...

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EBOLA: New Cases Of Ebola Outbreak Cited In Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has suffered a fresh outbreak of Ebola, dashing hopes that health authorities in the densely-populate...

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EBOLA: 'Devastating effect' on Sierra Leone

The World Bank has pledged at least $650m (£437m) to West African countries to help them recover from the Ebola epidemic. That comes o...

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EBOLA: Sierra Leone Athlete Who Lost Entire Family To Ebola, Now Homeless On Streets Of London

20 year old Jimmy Thoronka, a top sprinter from Sierra Leone who competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in August 2014 is n...

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EBOLA: Police Raid Unsafe Funeral, Arrests 13 In Sierra Leone

Police in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone raided a funeral on Tuesday and arrested 13 people suspected of organising an unsafe burial, risking spr...

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SIERRA LEONE: Ebola Kills Man Who Helped Orphans

A Sierra Leonean who worked with children orphaned by Ebola has died of the disease himself. Augustine Baker had been admitted to an Ebo...

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New Ebola Cases Show First Rise In 2015

The number of new cases of Ebola went up in all three of West Africa's worst-hit countries in the last week of January, the World Health...

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Ebola Outbreak: Virus Mutating, Scientists Warn

Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first i...

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