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Sierra Leone is facing an increase in recorded mpox infections, with 177 new cases reported in recent days, a health ministry official told AFP. The West African country, which in January declared ...
Freetown: The first round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and the Republic of Sierra Leone convened Tuesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone has recorded 125 cases of mpox—29 females and 96 males—with 71 active cases and 52 recoveries and two fatalities, according to reports from the National Public Health Agency (NPHA).
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family ...
After a foot abscess prevented champion 3-year-old male Sierra Leone from running in the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1), he appears set to make his 4-year-old debut March 22 in the $500,000 New ...
New testing of a cheap and deadly drug that has triggered a national emergency in Sierra Leone reveals it is composed of synthetic opioids and cannabinoids imported from abroad, according to a ...
A former Canadian politician has resigned from his role as Honorary Consul for Sierra Leone in protest of the country’s continued detention of Hawa Hunt, a Calgary woman jailed since December ...
The daughter of a Calgary woman imprisoned in Sierra Leone since December is pleading with Canadian officials to ensure her mother’s safety, claiming she is being starved and beaten in the ...
Cocaine/Kush intake has sharply increased across Sierra Leone – from urban cities into rural communities. With vulnerable youth and young girls greatly involve in the consumption of this harmful ...
Air Sierra Leone, has resumed its scheduled flight operations between Lagos and Freetown after over 15 years of inactiveness. Air Sierra Leone returned to Nigeria in partnership with a Nigerian ...
traditional healers, motorbike taxi riders and other frontline workers," explained Dr Thompson Igbu, Head of the WHO Sierra Leone Expanded Programme on Immunization team. WHO has provided ...