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DENVER, Mar 27, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has promptedCorgenix Medical CorporationCONX -12.64% to extend its existing viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) rapid test development to include the Ebola virus. Corgenix has already developed and CE marked a rapid test for the Lassa fever virus, another member of the […]

A two man medical team from “METABIOTA” contracted by the United States Department of Defense has on Monday March 24th, 2014, briefed Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens at the Embassy of Sierra Leone, as they proceed as first responders in Sierra Leone to investigate assess, evaluate, and help combat the Ebola virus that broke out in […]

Health stakeholders in The Gambia have stepped-up more efforts and strategies to prevent the highly contagious Ebola disease from entering The Gambia, after its deadly outbreak in the neighbouring West African countries of Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone. Officials of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare […]

A school in Sierra Leone could open its doors in September, thanks to a global fundraising effort that started in Bermuda. The Hope Academy for Girls has been a project long in the making, according to organiser Ngadi Kamara, daughter of the fundraiser founder, Aliea Kamara. https://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140325/NEWS/140329841

IT is always painful to realise a loss, but most of the time it is wise to cut and run. London Mining looks like just such a situation after floods and production delays have hammered the shares of the Sierra Leone-based iron ore miner. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/questor/10719883/Questor-share-tip-London-Mining-hit-by-flooding.html

RWANDA must win one of their two matches scheduled for today in the ongoing ICC Africa Division 3 tournament in South Africa to qualify for Division 2. Coach Ed Pearson’s team, who lead the four-national tournament standings after three matches, takes on Sierra Leone in the morning and Swaziland later in the afternoon. https://allafrica.com/stories/201403250142.html

There has been an outbreak of the deadly disease called Ebola in neighbouring Guinea-Conakry and experts say it’s likely to spread in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Guinea Bissau and Mali, five countries that share borders with Guinea-Conkary. But of the five, Sierra Leone is more threatened because the outbreak occurred in South-Western Guinea which is […]