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Sierra Leone cancels Christmas as Ebola crisis deepens Sierra Leone said it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm.

13 декабря 2014

Ebola casts heavy shadow over Sierra Leone's Eid celebrations Don't pray too close to each other, observe strict hygiene rules and don't shake the imam's hand. For Muslims in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone, this was an Eid festival.

05 октября 2014

Idris Elba joins fight against Ebola Actor Idris Elba joined the United Nations campaign to ramp up the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

26 сентября 2014

Sierra Leone quarantines more than one million people Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine "with immediate effect" of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms -- affecting more than one million people.

25 сентября 2014

Sierra Leone readies for controversial Ebola shutdown Sierra Leone was preparing for an unprecedented three-day nationwide shutdown to contain the deadly spread of the Ebola virus.

19 сентября 2014

Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead Sierra Leone announced plans to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.

09 сентября 2014

Peace Corps withdraws from W. Africa over Ebola fears The US Peace Corps announced it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to growing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa.

02 августа 2014

Torrential rains kill four in Sierra Leone Three men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said.

06 мая 2014

Sierra Leoneans vote in high-stakes elections Sierra Leoneans voted Saturday in general elections as the west African country continues to recover from a brutal civil war while beginning to reap the benefits of a mining boom.

18 ноября 2012

Sierra Leone to vote in litmus test for post-war democracy Sierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in the country's third election since the end of a brutal civil war, a high-stakes poll billed as a litmus test of the mineral-rich nation's democratic credentials.

16 ноября 2012