Freetown

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  98 Dead In Fuel Tanker Blast In Sierra Leone Capital

  A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country's vice president said on Saturday.

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  Idris Elba To Receive Sierra Leone Passport In First-Time Visit To His Father's Hometown

  The British-born star landed in the seaside capital Freetown to a small crowd on Wednesday, according to a government official who declined to be named

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  Nearly 400 Bodies Recovered From Sierra Leone Mudslide: Chief Coroner

  Rescue workers have recovered nearly 400 bodies from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the chief coroner said on Tuesday, as rescue operations continued and morgues struggled to find space for all the dead.

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  Call For Release Of Sierra Leone Diplomat Kidnapped In Nigeria

  Nigerian security officials are questioning the driver of Sierra Leone's kidnapped deputy high commissioner, an official in Freetown said Saturday.

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  Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Quarantines 31 Health Workers

  Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry said today.

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  Ebola Returns to Sierra Leone Capital After 3-Week Gap

  Sierra Leone has recorded two new cases of Ebola in Freetown in the past few days, disproving the assumption that the capital city had already defeated the deadly virus, officials said on Monday.

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  Sierra Leone Chimpanzees Return Home After Ebola Retreat

  In the rising afternoon humidity 30-year-old Tom sits in the shade, picking fleas off his neighbour, unaware of how close he came to losing his home to Ebola.

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  Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Delays School Reopening

  Sierra Leone said on Wednesday that it had postponed by two weeks the reopening of schools, shut for almost eight months to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

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  A Year After Ebola Discovered, Relapses Seen in Fight to End it

  Lapses that fuelled the Ebola outbreak after it was first discovered a year ago are dogging the final stages of the fight against the virus as fatigue and complacency set in, delaying the end of the deadly epidemic.

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  Sierra Leone President Orders 3-Day National Lockdown Against Ebola

  Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koromo ordered the country's entire population on Saturday to keep to their homes on March 27-29 in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic.

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  Sierra Leone Vice President Says Requested Asylum at US Embassy

  Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana said he had requested asylum at the US embassy in Freetown after soldiers surrounded his home on Saturday following his expulsion from the ruling party last week.

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  Sierra Leone Locks Down 700 Homes after Ebola Death

  Sierra Leone said today it had placed hundreds of homes in the capital under quarantine, in a huge blow for its recovery from the Ebola crisis less than a month after it lifted all travel restrictions

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  Ebola Survival Improving in Sierra Leone: Report

  One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive.

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  UN Chief, Visiting Ebola Countries, Urges Respect for Health Rules

  U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, starting a visit to Ebola-hit countries in West Africa, urged local communities to strictly follow health regulations in the face of signs that traditional funerals are still spreading the disease.

• Sierra Leone Launches Stiff Measures to Fight Ebola Surge

  Sierra Leone on Wednesday launched stiff measures to stem the spread of Ebola, including a ban on New Year revelries and travel restrictions.