Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Her Excellency Sia Nyama Koroma Speaks On Ebola And Her Work For Women And Children’s Issues

By John Baimba Sesay-Freetown

On a beautiful Wednesday afternoon, October 29th, I arrived at the Presidential Lodge, ninety minutes to the agreed time for the interview appointment (2pm).

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ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION

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FREETOWN

SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA

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                                                                                                                30th  October 2014

PRESS STATEMENT

National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 29, 2014

 DISCHARGED CASES

Total Survived and Released Patients  =  786

EU Director of Operations Pays Courtesy Call on President Koroma

 By State House Communications Unit

 President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 29th October received the European Union Director of Operations and Humanitarian Aid Jean-Louis De Brouwer at State House.

China, others Intensify Support to Eradicate Ebola

By State House Communications Unit

As international response to the on-going Ebola outbreak heightens, President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 28^th October received at State House another set of donations from China to boost government’s efforts to stop the outbreak.

National Ebola Response Centre PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 28, 2014

·  DISCHARGED CASES

• Total Survived and Released Patients  =  781

Statement by His Excellency Ambassador Osman Keh Kamara at the African Union Peace and Security Council Open Debate on “Structural Prevention of Conflicts in Africa: Reinvigorating Fragile States” held on Monday 27th October 2014

Madam Chairperson,

My delegation congratulates you and the Peace and Security Council for organizing this important debate on the subject of structural prevention of conflicts in Africa.

President Koroma Launches 2014 Poppy Week

By State House Communications Unit

President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday 28th October launched the 2014 Remembrance Day ceremonies at State House.

President Koroma Issues Stern Warning to Traditional and Religious Leaders

By State House Communications Unit

HE talking to chiefs and religious leaders

On a working visit to Port Loko, Bombali and Tonkolili districts over the weekend, President Ernest Bai Koroma issued a stern warning to traditional and religious leaders to take responsibility to halt the spread of the virus in their chiefdoms and districts.

IT4D & JAMBOREE CONSULT DESIGNED A MOBILE APP THAT DETECTS EBOLA PRESENCE IN AN AREA

In response to the Ebola Scourge Innovative Technologies for Development Foundation (IT4D) and Jamboree Consultancy has designed an application that can detect the presence of Ebola Virus Disease in an area and help you prevent the disease even while you are in that area.

SYLVIA BLYDEN NO LONGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT

Businessmen in Sierra Leone who part with money when requesting for favours do so at their own risk.

EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 26, 2014

                                                  PRESS RELEASE

                                                                          

EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 26, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

• Total Survived and Released Patients  =  724

Sierra Leone Signs Air Services Agreement with UAE

By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States

Salone Signs Air Services Agreement with UAE

Air Services Agreements have become a future of nations in the globalized world of integrating economies.

National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 25, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  722

National Emergency Operations Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 24, 2014

 Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  713 (No new discharge figures reported today)

President Koroma Hosts AU Chairperson

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 23rd October hosted a high powered delegation led by the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Mr. Carlos Lopes at State House, Freetown.

President Koroma Receives German Ebola Coordinator

By State House Communications

President Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 23rd October also received at State House the German Coordinator on Ebola Ambassador Walter Lindner.

Civil Service, Sayaba, Others Boost Ebola Fight

 By State House Communications Unit

As public and private sector institutions continue to ramp up efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the country, President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 22^nd October expressed appreciation and commended the level of commitment shown by citizens and well wishers to aid the fight against Ebola.

National Emergency Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE

 EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 22, 2014

 Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

 Total Survived and Released Patients  =  710

National Ebola Response Center (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 21, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

 ·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  656

Sierra Leone has never exported Ebola

Jaramenajara and John Koroma

Panic is escalating in the west as the first Ebola patient succumbed to the disease two weeks ago in Dallas, Texas.

National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 19, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  634

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 18, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  629

Sierra Leone diplomats call for collective action to eradicate sexual violence

 Sierra Leone's top UN diplomat and Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura, and Sierra Leone’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union Commission, Ambassador Ismael Koroma, have called for strong political will and collective action to end sexual violence in armed conflicts and post conflict environments in Africa and the world as a whole.

ACC INDICTS IMPERSONATOR AND EX-MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged to court one MOSES ALIE, a resident of Makeni, for Impersonating an Officer of the ACC and Attempting to Obtain an Advantage contrary to Sections 76 and  41(1) (a) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008.

The Fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone Do we have the needed competent Human Resource (HR) capacity?

By Mohamed C. Bah, former NDA Presidential aspirant, Atlanta, GA-USA.

My beautiful and beloved country of Sierra Leone is still not ready for the fight against the persistent virus that is rapidly killing our innocent citizens in their hundreds if not in their thousands.

PRESS RELEASE from the Office of the President

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT AS THE UNPRECEDENTED OUTBREAK OF THE DREADFUL EBOLA DISEASE CONTINUES TO CLAIM THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR CITIZENS, OUR FRIENDS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS HAVE SCALED UP THEIR SUPPORT TO SIERRA LEONE WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING THE EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 17, 2014

Chief of Staff Chairs Inter Agency Social Protection Forum

By State House Communications Unit

The Chief of Staff in the Office of the President Mr. Saidu Conton Sesay on Thursday 16^th October chaired the second national inter-agency social protection forum held at State House, Freetown.

Ebola Hardest Hit Countries Urge World Bank to Expedite Emergency Fiscal Support Disbursements

Dr. Marah, Sierra Leone's Finance Minister, and Bank Governor, Mr. Kargbo  

The three Ebola hardest hit West African Countries (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea) have appreciated in unison the efforts of Dr. Jim Yong Kim President of the World Bank Group (WBG) and its leadership role in promoting the global co-ordination of the fight against the Ebola epidemic, and urged the World Bank Group to “take the necessary steps to ensure that scaled up emergency financial support, and technical and policy advice, are expeditiously disbursed.”  

“We Will Not Export Ebola” President Koroma assures

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 15th October received the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mr. Rajiv Shaw and Norwegian delegation at State House.

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE TO PLENARY OF THE 40 CHANCES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, A JOINT PROGRAM OF THE HOWARD G. BUFFET FOUNDATION, MINISTER TONY BLAIR’S AFRICAN GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE AND THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION. THE ROLE OF ENTERPRISING YOUTH IN SIERRA LEONE’S AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

EXCELLENCIES

I would have been here with you today in person, but I have stay put in my country to lead our fight against the deadly Ebola virus that is threatening the very survival of my nation.

Emergency Operations Center Ministry of Health Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 16, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

“Isolation of Ebola Affected Countries Amount to Economic Embargo” Dr. Kaifala Marah: S/Leone’s Finance Min.

S/Leone's Minister of Finance Dr. Marah advocating for Sierra Leone

Dr. Kaifala Marah, Sierra Leone’s Finance and Economic Development Minister has appealed to members of the International Community including neighboring Countries of the Ebola affected Countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to exercise restraint and not to isolate the trio.

Emergency Operations Center Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 14, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

THAT ‘ASHOBI’ DANCE FOR CORRUPTION MUST STOP! PRAISE SINGING AND DAMNING CORRUPTION: THE IRONY OF A PEOPLE ALHASSAN KARGBO PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION

Most Sierra Leoneans accept that corrupt actors have broken this country for the longest part of post independence.

WORK PROGRESS AT MAMAMAH AIRPORT PROJECT Freetown International Airport Project (FIAP) Project Implementation Unit (PIU) Ministry of Transport and Aviation

The New Freetown International Airport Project is the Brain child of His Excellence the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to open Sierra Leone for business, tourism, direct foreign investment and a regional aviation hub (West Africa); in the likes of Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi, Kenya in East Africa.

Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as Technical Assistance for the fight against the Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in Sierra Leone.

Amb. Kargbo (r) signing Tech. Assistance Agreement for Salone

The Technical Assistance came a few weeks after an appeal was made by Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Alhaji M.S Kargbo on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone concerning the control of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) which continues to ravage the country.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 13, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  563

THE RISE, DISGRACE AND FALL OF SYLVIA OLAYINKA BLYDEN – THE NOTORIOUS SIERRA LEONEAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER

Too many excesses can drive anyone to failure, and even if they have anything to show for their existence, the relevance is naturally extinguished. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden thrives in excesses.

President Koroma Assures Emergency Hospital

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 13^th October assured the Emergency Hospital delegation of his continued commitment in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.

IRC Calls for Salone Wish List To Combat Ebola

By State House Communications Unit

As the fight against Ebola takes center stage in international media circles, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Rescue Committee, (IRC) Hon. David Wright Miliband on Thursday 9th October paid a courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House, Freetown.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Ministry of Health and Sanitation PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 9, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  543

Ebola and Our Caregivers

By Jaramenajara and Joseph Joskam

The ongoing Ebola outbreak has prompted many to ask serious questions about whom primarily the horrific disease would strike.

STATEMENT AT THE WORLD BANK ROUND TABLE ON EBOLA ON 9th OCTOBER, 2014

 By Dr Ernest Bai Koroma

President Ernest Bai Koroma

Since the first cases of the disease in Sierra Leone in May, over 2500 of our people have been infected, of which there are a little over 530 survivors.

President Koroma Welcomes Cuban Medics

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 8th October received the Cuban delegation of One Hundred and Sixty-Five medical (165) staff including doctors and nurses at State House.

PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 8, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  538

UNMEER SRSG Assures Sierra Leone Women

The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of United Nations Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury accompanied by the Country Representative of UN Women Dr. Mary Okumu  last Friday, 3^rd October, 2014 assured the women of Sierra Leone of UN’s fullest support in the fight against the Ebola virus disease.

“All is not lost” President Koroma Buoys Health Workers

By State House Communications Unit

49) Ebola Survivors Cured by Sierra Leonean Medical staff

At a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation on Monday 6th October, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma officially presided over the discharge of forty-nine (49) Ebola survivors treated and cured by an all Sierra Leonean medical staff at the Hastings Treatment Centre.

Defeating Ebola from Lancaster House

 By Sorie Sudan Sesay, London

Defeating Ebola from Lancaster House

Sierra Leone just recorded the highest number of Ebola casualties in a day as the fight to contain and eradicate the deadly Ebola virus continues. Quite alarming and scary to say the least!

PRESS RELEASE EBOLA OUTBREAK UPDATES---October 7, 2014

Ø  DISCHARGED CASES

·  Total Survived and Released Patients  =  533

Ebola Outbreak: Can our Support Make a Difference?

 By Jaramenajara and John Koroma

It is indeed true that the Ebola disease is new not only to Sierra Leone as a country but also the sub-region and handling it therefore need not only considerable time but effective collaborative efforts.

Sierra Leone hailed in the fight against Ebola

 By Jaramenajara and Thullah Wise

A French expert in tropical diseases, Michel Gonza, has stated in an exclusive interview with Radio France International that Sierra Leone is in the right direction in the fight against Ebola taking into consideration the level of social mobilization, sensitization and the public response associated with the “Ose to Ose Ebola Tok Campaign” organized some few weeks back.