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...Full technical details on the dreaded virus...
Is airborne transmission possible?
Was it bats or monkeys that caused this?
How long does Ebola survive outside a host?
Can survivors infect others?

August 6,2014

Liberia declares State of Emergency

"...clear and present danger..." to the existence of the republic

As parliament ratifies state of emergency August 7, 2014

Additional Emergency Measures Introduced in Sierra Leone

Latest WHO update Jul 31, 2014

Liberia records 80 new Ebola cases in 3 days

August, 3, 2014

Where have all the Ebola patients gone?

...Can our Ministry of Health do simple arithmetic?...

...The international community should wake up and examine these figures...

August 4, 2014

Joint Declaration by MRU Heads of State on Ebola

“...the disease is not being exported.”

Exclusive interview with MSF mission chief July 26, 2104

MSF 'unable' to take on Ebola in Kenema

..."in the history of Ebola we have only had one worker.."

July 29,2014

Ebola Diary 2

July 31, 2014

Sierra Leone President's address to nation on Ebola outbreak

July 14, 2014

Ebola Diary
by
Paul Conton

2014 Supplementary Budget in brief
...Huge budget deficit to rise even further?..
...Are we still dependent on donor aid?...
...How much for Ebola?...

According to WHO July 25, 2014

Sierra Leone Overtakes Guinea in Ebola Cases

...Government figures still lower than WHO

As Guinea blames SL and Liberia...

Ebola Death Toll Rises

...First deaths reported in Monrovia...
WHO figures higher than official SL Govt figures

...Read the latest (June 17) WHO update

As President finally addresses the nation on Ebola...

...Is SL Government to Blame for this Plague?...

...Are we doing all we could to stop it?...
Sierra Leone now the epicenter?...
...More new cases in SL than in Guinea or Liberia...

July 10, 2014
As Parliament discusses emergency budget for Ebola...

Hundreds of Health Workers Unpaid for Two Years

...Confirmed Ebola case in Freetown...
...Latest WHO update - 34 new cases in SL, total tops 300...

The Sierra Leone Administration in 1885

by
Christopher Fyfe

Oh No! Bintumani all over again!
...APC revives a huge white elephant...
...34 years after it died on arrival!...
Pray for tourists or NASSIT pensioners to go hungry!

June 11, 2014
Following sacking of Presidential Chief of Staff...

Sierra Leone in Multiple Crises
...Corruption, Ebola and Education top the list...
***Stop Press - Kailahun District declared restricted area***

the 50th anniversary of his passing...

Margai Family Celebrates the Life of Sir Milton
Was he a great leader... or did he simply benefit from the structures he found in
place
Did he ensure peace and stability...or did his conservatism lay the foundation for future instability?

After 3 years of free health care, WHO says...

Sierra Leone Dead Last in Maternal Mortality
...Health ministry in crisis mode!.
...Millions in donor aid wasted?...
...MCH nurses upaid for TWO years.....

...download the latest WHO rep ort

After that WHO report...

Interview with Sierra Leone's Chief Medical Officer
"...we know we have done so well"
"Free Health Care has done so much for us"
"We have done better than South Africa and Zimbabwe"
MCH Aides working for eight years without pay!

Reproduced from Sierra Leone Studies, June 1955

The Life and Times of John Ezzidio
by
Christopher Fyfe

Fixing Freetown
Freetown City Council unveils its 15-year development plan
...City's population will increase by 1 million - World Bank expert
"It can get better, it can get worse," warns Ghanaian development expert
"We spend all our time picking up garbage," laments City Mayor

Reproduced from Sierra Leone Studies, December 1958

Port Loko
by
Christopher Fyfe
Was it the port of the Lokos, driven out by the Temnes?
Or was it a Portuguese swamp?

From the Patriotic Vanguard...

Freetown and Romarong...and Christopher Fyfe
"...land was never sold to the settlers..."
"...myths perpetuated by colonial adventurers..."

After that HRW story on African Minerals...

This is what I am Talking about
by
Dr Walcut Metzger

Flashback to 1978...

A year by year record of
A Decade of Progress and Development under the APC

On the economy: "...a dramatic increase in the per capita income in Sierra Leone, at times as much as 35%
On agriculture: "...the government's priority goal of self-sufficiency in rice and other staple foodstuffs is close to realisation."
On roads: "For much of the last 10 years, road building has received the largest share of the national Development Budget."

Mar 16, 2014
APC looks on admiringly as...

97+% Crimeans vote to join Russia

Creoledom
by
Arthur Porter
A review

17/2/2014
First it was Works/Roads, now...

Energy Minister, NPA Boss Sacked!

More villagers head for Freetown as...

Human Rights Watch Blasts African Minerals
"A holdover from the precolonial and colonial eras paramount chiefs...play a critical role in land use decisions..."
"We were told, 'Where you are is hell and where you are going is heaven.'"
"Six days later, AML bulldozers began working..."

Jan 18, 2014

Abel Stronge Resigns
"No longer meets the qualifications
for Speaker of the House of Parliament"

Follow up to that Prince of Wales story...

Dysfunctional Education
How do our WAEC results compare with Nigeria and Ghana?
How much are we spending on education compared to our neighbours?
What progress on Gbamanja recommendations?

After 49++ yrs of complaints from POW School (from just after Independence!)... SQUATTERS EVICTED!

WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?

Six reasons why the Sierra Leone government took years to remove squatters from their own top school.

...a la Richie Gordon

Why Freetown, why not Bonthe?
...The Bullom - the earliest recorded inhabitants of Freetown
...Little evidence of hundreds of years of Bullom and Sherbro civilization
...How did Freetown come to dominate the Sierra Leone coast?

As police open fire again on Socfin protesters in Sahr Malen chiefdom and Sierra Leone government signs another land deal with Chinese...

Addax - A Closer Look
What do we benefit from these large-scale land leases?
What can we learn from this company?

Slaves, Slaveowners and Slave Dealers: Sherbro Coast and Hinterland
by
Carol P. Maccormack

SLPP claims...

APC Tampers with Sierra Leone Constitution
Speaker to be replaced?
Presidential term to be extended?

Education in Sa Lone

Illiterates Rule
As schoolboy is gunned down...
APC government favours petty trading over education

In record time...

SL Parliament Passes Constitutional Amendment
APC travels down old, familiar road
Speaker Abel Stronge's position undermined
Constitutional review process thrown into doubt

read 2009 Old Princewaleans Letter to the President
In 2009 these 450 concerned Sierra Leoneans put their names to a letter to the President expressing concern about the condition of the no. 1 government school in the country
Response to date: ZERO. Read Prince of Wales School, Symbol of a Dysfunctional System

Sierra Leone Road Maintenance Fund Announces Le56 billion for Road Maintenance

...Money not yet at hand - to be raised by March 2014!
...includes 48 streets in Freetown
...what about the other 1001?

Minister of Works, D-G SLRA Sacked!
Natinpasadvantage was right!!!

"The greatest road construction program in the country's history"?

What hope for Agenda for Prosperity when the roads pillar is in a shambles?

UN Accuses US of Torture

Punished for his political views...

Prisoner wins appeal after 41 yrs solitary confinement!!

...dies three days later

ACTION AID ON ADDAX BIOENERGY IN SIERRA LEONE

"A massive land grab"

Sierra Leoneans back on plantations!

Why can't we grow sugar cane by ourselves?

If we don't make good use of the land, eventually someone else will!

Krio Descendants Union hold sixth annual family weekent in Atlanta, USA
-Nest year's gathering to be held in Freetown

Read statement by President, KDY, Global

Read statement by President, KDY, Freetown