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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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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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Last 4 Ebola Cases in Liberia Discharged From Clinic
The last four cases of Ebola in Liberia were discharged from a treatment clinic in the capital Monrovia on today, meaning there were no more confirmed carriers of the deadly virus in the West African country.
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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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US Clinician Cured of Ebola, Leaves Hospital
An American clinician has been cured of Ebola and was discharged from a hospital near the US capital, officials said Thursday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone to Lock Down 25 Lakh People
Sierra Leone said Thursday it will confine around 2.5 million (25 lakh) people to their homes across the capital and in the north in a three-day shutdown aimed at stemming the Ebola epidemic.
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American Healthcare Worker Tested Positive for Ebola Admitted to Hospital
An American healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone was admitted on Friday to specialized hospital near the US capital for treatment, officials said.
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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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Food Deliveries From UN in Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola
An official says the UN's World Food Program (WFP) is delivering emergency food rations to 2,65,000 people in Sierra Leone's capital to help fight the spread of Ebola.
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Air France Unions Seek to Stop Flights to Guinea
Air France flight attendant unions on Friday called for a halt to services to the Guinean capital Conakry due to concerns about a "serious risk" of spreading Ebola.
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US Company Offers to Sell Ebola.com Domain Name for $150,000
A Las Vegas company, seeking to capitalize on the world's worst Ebola outbreak on record, is looking to sell the domain name Ebola.com for $150,000, a partner with the firm said on Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe Hospital Closed to Monitor Suspected Ebola Case
Health authorities shut down a hospital in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday to isolate a patient who is being tested for Ebola, an official said.
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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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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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Last 4 Ebola Cases in Liberia Discharged From Clinic
The last four cases of Ebola in Liberia were discharged from a treatment clinic in the capital Monrovia on today, meaning there were no more confirmed carriers of the deadly virus in the West African country.
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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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US Clinician Cured of Ebola, Leaves Hospital
An American clinician has been cured of Ebola and was discharged from a hospital near the US capital, officials said Thursday.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone to Lock Down 25 Lakh People
Sierra Leone said Thursday it will confine around 2.5 million (25 lakh) people to their homes across the capital and in the north in a three-day shutdown aimed at stemming the Ebola epidemic.
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American Healthcare Worker Tested Positive for Ebola Admitted to Hospital
An American healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone was admitted on Friday to specialized hospital near the US capital for treatment, officials said.
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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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Food Deliveries From UN in Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola
An official says the UN's World Food Program (WFP) is delivering emergency food rations to 2,65,000 people in Sierra Leone's capital to help fight the spread of Ebola.
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Air France Unions Seek to Stop Flights to Guinea
Air France flight attendant unions on Friday called for a halt to services to the Guinean capital Conakry due to concerns about a "serious risk" of spreading Ebola.
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US Company Offers to Sell Ebola.com Domain Name for $150,000
A Las Vegas company, seeking to capitalize on the world's worst Ebola outbreak on record, is looking to sell the domain name Ebola.com for $150,000, a partner with the firm said on Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe Hospital Closed to Monitor Suspected Ebola Case
Health authorities shut down a hospital in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday to isolate a patient who is being tested for Ebola, an official said.
