Umaru Fofana
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Journalist since ‘96. Covered events around the world. Been a leader: school - uni - profession. Treasure Sierra Leone, cherish Africa. Inspire those who aspire
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Trump insulting us. Europe sending us away. Israel chasing us out. The Arabs enslaving us. Shame, you black African leaders for making us a laughing stock. Rich natural resources, corruptly rich leaders, poor masses. We may not be a shithole but a hellhole we certainly live in.
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Just interviewed
@idriselba
. Fantastic what he said. He was so emotional being on “home soil” for the first time. It’s all on the BBC radio and tv.
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100,000 followers clocked! In a country -
#SierraLeone
- where Twitter isn’t that big, it’s definitely a clean bill of health. Those who follow me say they do so because they trust my reporting. I’m humbled. I assure you I won’t be veered off, come what may!!
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Heavy gunfire in the
#SierraLeone
capital, Freetown. The sounds appear to be coming from the main military barracks at Wilberforce, close to the president’s lodge. Details are sketchy but a senior military source says there has been a breakage into the armory at Wilberforce.
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Breaking News: The second test on yesterday’s suspected coronavirus case in
#SierraLeone
has also returned a NEGATIVE result. It leaves Sierra Leone as the ONLY country in west Africa without a confirmed case of the virus.
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God is a Leone Stars fan, for now at least. Great result for
#SierraLeone
. We held the defending champions, Algeria to a goalless draw. And it was no fluke. The boys played very well.
#AFCON2021
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Wild celebrations across Freetown as
#SierraLeone
qualify for Afcon 2022 for the first time in 25years. It followed their 1-0 victory against Benin in a twice-postponed match. Drivers honk car horns, some wave the country’s tricolor flag as soldiers, police dance in the downpour.
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#TheGambia
is the only English-speaking country still in the
#AFCON2021
competition. Interestingly it’s the smallest country on the continental mainland. Big at heart!! Proud of you, guys!!
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20 more days to go. I’m beginning to miss Ramadan. I wish it would last for two or even three months because of the blessings it brings. Any seconder? Allahu Akbar! Ramadan Mubarak!
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It’s 59! Happy Independence Day,
#SierraLeone
. May tribes be only important to promote progressive cultures. May corruption be resisted by all no matter who the corrupt person is. May your citizens’ loyalty be to country, not Gov’t or political party. May
#Covid19
go away SOON!
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Zainab Kargbo holds a degree in Business Administration. Her search for a job in
#SierraLeone
went in vain. Determined to maintain her dignity, she tells me, she later learned carpentry & it’s become her livelihood & passion. Her full story coming soon on
@BBCAfrica
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For the first time in 204 years, the historic Bathurst Village, outside the
#SierraLeone
capital, was today connected to the central grid and lit up. “I never thought I’d live to see this day”, says this 90-year-old, one of the oldest in a community of more than 3,000 residents.
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Why did I think I was taller!? Just interviewed
#Chelsea
’s
@ToniRuediger
. Why is he in
#SierraLeone
? Will he be in a Chelsea jersey next season?
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NOTICE: My attention has been drawn to some fake posts making the rounds on WhatsApp wickedly attributed to me.
Please note that anything that is NOT on my Facebook page or my X feed is NOT from me.
Thanks.
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History will be made today at
@unimak2005
where
#SierraLeone
will have its first visually-impaired law graduate. He’s 25-year-old Amidu Sankoh. Congratulations!!
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Prison authorities have confirmed that
#SierraLeone
’s central Pademba Road prison has been breached and the inmates set free.
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The Principal Assistant to former
#SierraLeone
president Ernest Bai Koroma says an official bodyguard to his boss has been gunned down. Ismael Sheriff told me that the incident happened in the Freetown compound of the former president who was not in at the time…
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My son, Kanja is 15 today. I tried to make him a
@ManUtd
fan. But as he grew older he drifted towards
@ChelseaFC
. The London club can do him a lot of good on his birthday by winning the FA Cup today.
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#SierraLeone
has just released its first Covid19 patients who’ve recovered. Six of them including the first two to have been admitted. The index case, Alphajor Jalloh told me that he felt happy to have made it and thanked those who looked after him at the 34 military hospital.
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I’m effectively in hiding today! Flying away. Avoiding the streets. Not reading or listening to sport stories. Taking to my heels & going to the hills. Off social media. Even my Chelsea-supporting son hasn’t spared me. And those FAKE FRIENDS taunting me on social media!🏃🏿♂️ 🏃🏿♂️ 🏃🏿♂️
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Even the cloud couldn’t stop us! Back in the Champions’ League. Whither art thou the doubting Thomases!!! We are
#ManchesterUnited
!!
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Someone captured my mood inside the Limbe Stadium in Cameroun after the penalty miss by
#SierraLeone
against Equatorial Guinea. Indescribable!!
#AFCON21
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FBC Students’ Union Govt - 1995/96. No comment about the president’s grey suit will be tolerated. University of
#SierraLeone
.
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Happy Birthday my darling, Anna Tina Fofana. You’ve been eight years of joy and happiness to us. We’re grateful to God for blessing us with you.
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No matter what someone does for a living, as long as it’s legitimate, pls respect them. The world is symbiotic & we must stop seeing ourselves as being superior to others. Even the King depends on the cleaner for something. And we are all equal before God. Respect! Love! Empathy!
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I’m still in disbelief that my profession is no longer criminalized. Criminal Libel Law is now history in
#SierraLeone
. Last night after it had happened I became so emotional that I cried. Slavery lasts for a while, but freedom lasts forever!
#CPJ
#MFWA
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One positive thing about
#Covid19
in
#SierraLeone
: It stopped the unnecessary overseas travels by public officials. I wonder how many billions of Leones that’s saved our treasury in the last three months. Probably enough to offset the revenue lost to the virus.
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Of the 1,890 inmates who escaped from
#SierraLeone
’s central prison after the 26 November jailbreak, 155 were serving life imprisonment and 831 were “long term” convicts.
There were 20 foreign nationals with 10 of them convicted and the others on remand or awaiting trial…
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He has joined his lovely wife. My good friend and mentor has gone. An African literary giant finishes his book. He died peacefully in his sleep around 1 o clock this morning. Aged 95 years. Rest In Peace Prof Eldred Durosimi Jones.
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A Nigerian presidential Air Force plane has departed Freetown international airport carrying the former
#SierraLeone
president, Ernest Bai Koroma. He was released by a high court on Wednesday to travel to Nigeria on medical grounds.
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Breaking:
#SierraLeone
has announced the immediate lifting of its 11:00pm - 05:00am curfew imposed to stem the spread of
#COVID19
. A statement from NACOVERC says the lifting will last for an initial period of four weeks. All other restrictions remain in force.
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Best wishes to all the children of
#SierraLeone
as they rerun to school this week after the Covid19 break. They include our own Anna Tina Fofana.
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Ramadan Bongo!! Bring on the premier league! We are more than ready!! Thanks to Limelight Studio for these amazing photos. The guys at 30 Victoria Street are as brilliant as their cameras are excellent. Reach them on Tel: +23278979597/ +23288358410
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It’s 30 years today since the first shots were fired to mark the onset of war in Sierra Leone. It was a decade of decadence, bloodletting, suffering & mayhem. As a country we memorialize Europe’s war, but not ours. So today will roll by like any other day without the authorities
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What a comeback,
#LeoneStars
! From 4-0 down to 4-4 against Super Eagles inside
#Nigeria
.
#ComebackKidsSL
.
#SierraLeone
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Eid-Ul-Mubaraq everyone! Social bonding may have been missing from this year’s holy month but fast & pray we did. May we be favorably rewarded. May the blessings of Ramadan guide & guard our health workers & all else involved in our
#Covid19
response.
#SierraLeone
will survive!
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Thanks to all those who rightly dismissed that headless WhatsApp post of a screen-grab of an apparent parody of my Facebook Page. Obviously that wasn’t from me. A reputation built over a generation cannot be destroyed by a few nincompoops. I love
#SierraLeone
!
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This photo of me was taken in 2009. I was on a barber’s strike as part of the struggle by journalists to have a repeal of the repressive Criminal & Seditious Libel Law. Today
#SierraLeone
’s president
@PresidentBio
will sign a repeal of that piece of legislation.
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It’s my birthday. Grateful to God and friends and family. I promise to serve
#Sierra
Leone even better and more as I grow older.
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#SierraLeone
’s former president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has just been formally charged with treason. The 4-count charge borders on his alleged involvement to overthrow the Sierra Leone Govt on 26 Nov. 2023. Matter stood down at the request of the Attorney General. We are waiting.
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#SierraLeone
’s suspended auditor general, Lara Taylor-Pearce and her deputy, Tamba Momoh at the tribunal awaiting the arrival of the panel of judges.
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Breaking: In an unprecedented move,
#SierraLeone
’s president has indefinitely suspended the country’s highly-respected Auditor General and instructed the Attorney General to set up a tribunal to investigate her and her agency. She has denied any wrongdoing.
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Ernest Bai Koroma was not put under house arrest after he reported himself to the
#SierraLeone
police today, according to the former president’s office and information minister, Chernor Bah. The minister told me that in fact the man who was twice elected president requested…
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Today is her birthday - the woman who makes me, me. Thank God I found you, Edita Fofana. My Editor and my Tide. Happy birthday.
#SierraLeone
owns me, you keep me safe for the motherland.
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As Ramadan starts, I’ll limit my social media presence. As I do every year, main WhatsApp account will be deactivated automatically deleting me from WhatsApp groups. Facebook Page will be suspended. Twitter & LinkedIn accounts will remain but be largely inactive. Ramadan Mubaraq!
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As a 3-day lockdown ends at midnight tonight in
#SierraLeone
, it’s worth reminding ourselves that it’s NOT the end of hand-washing & social distancing. Coronavirus is deadly & highly contagious. But adhering to the health advice greatly reduces the risks of contracting
#COVID19
.
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I’ve listened to your appeals made both publicly & in private. All my social media accounts will remain. I’ll keep giving you regular
#COVID19
updates and other important happenings around our motherland -
#SierraLeone
. But my main WhatsApp line will deactivate. Ramadan Mubarak.
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Are you up today? Just pause for a moment and praise Him. Work hard to earn a genuine living. Share some with someone who isn’t necessarily your relative. Hate no one. Be peaceful and civil. May we see tomorrow. Best wishes. God bless
#SierraLeone
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#SierraLeone
has registered its first case of the coronavirus. President Julius Maada Bio says he’s a 37-year-old man who came to the country with Air Brussels on 16 March. He’d been in isolation.
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Dozens of FGM cutters, locally called Soweis, handed in their razors in northern
#SierraLeone
today, & for the first time dozens of girls were initiated into the Bondo Society without being circumcised. BONDO WITHOUT BLOOD, they call it. Details on BBC radio, tv & online next wk.
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#SierraLeone
government has now designated the events of Sunday 26 November as a “failed attempted coup to illegally subvert and overthrow the democratically elected government of Sierra Leone”. Information minister, Chernor Bah says 13 military personnel are under arrest.
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Children across
#SierraLeone
are writing their primary school-leaving (NPSE) exam today. I wish all the candidates well.
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We didn’t ask to be born in
#SierraLeone
. God brought us here for a reason. Let’s stop being wicked to the motherland. Stop stealing from her. End Corruption now!
#ThinkSalone
!
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Sahr, 16, is from
#SierraLeone
& lives with disabilities. He’s stigmatized by his community. Unable to control his bowels & paralyzed, he crawls home from school whenever he eases on himself. Only his wonderful mum cleans him up. He fears he may drop out. Thanks World Hope Int’al
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84 charred bodies received at
#SierraLeone
’s central mortuary following an overnight explosion of a fuel tanker involved in a road accident. An official there says casualty figures set to rise because of the critical nature of those currently admitted at hospitals across Freetown
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It’s been raining heavily in the
#SierraLeone
capital this morning. And I just heard a woman trader passing by, shouting: “A day pass oh, kasada en soup hot one; A day pass oh!” She must have been up since dawn preparing that, amid the downpour. Go to the East End Police area...
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#SierraLeone
has confirmed a second case of the
#COVID19
in as many days. She’s a medical doctor with no known links to the index case. It presupposes that the virus is within the community.
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#SierraLeone
now has visa on arrival for most passport holders around the world. Good news! The bad news: some unscrupulous workers at the airport are taking advantage of it by keeping the visa fee to themselves. Pls demand for a receipt when you pay. Kindly pass the word round.
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The authorities in
#SierraLeone
have announced a three-day nationwide lockdown as the country registers a second case of the coronavirus. Defence minister and
#Covid19
Coordinator, Brig (Rtd) Kellie Conteh says Sunday, Monday & Tuesday are stay-at-home days.
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It all started with a single case - and multiplied. Now it’s more than 2 million.
#SierraLeone
has 13 cases. Less than 20 days ago we had zero. So if U think our
#COVID19
numbers are low so we can afford to be cavalier & lax about it, remember the world began with a SINGLE case.
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#SierraLeone
’s consignment of additional
#Covid19
test kits, face masks & other personal protective equipment for health workers donated to African countries by the Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, will arrive today on a special Ethiopia Airways cargo plane.
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Breaking: A surgery to separate conjoined Sierra Leonean twins has just ended SUCCESSFULLY at the New York Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Led by Dr Tomoaki Kato, the medical team separated Hussainatu & Hasanatu Jalloh aka Chelsea & Maggie who were joined at the abdomen...
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Reacting to
#COVID19
! Forget about all the philosophy of face masks, just MASK UP when you’re in a public place. It reduces the risk on you or to the next person, no matter how you look at it.
#SierraLeone
Fashion Mask For Life, Stay Safe!
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Breaking News:
#SierraLeone
’s President Julius Maada Bio addresses the nation shortly on the coronavirus pandemic. It comes amid persistent rumors that the only west African country without a confirmed
#COVID
-19 case has succumbed to the virus.
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Four people have died from gunshot wounds in Makeni, northern
#SierraLeone
during protests by youths opposed to the relocation of the city’s standby generator to the airport town of Lungi. Energy minister says they’d agreed with local authorities for the temporary measure.
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Zero new cases of
#COVID19
in
#SierraLeone
today. Total remains at 10. All cases active in a treatment center. No deaths.
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#SierraLeone
has adjusted the indefinite curfew it imposed on Sunday. It will now end at 06:00am on Monday 27 November. But there will be a 9pm to 6:00am curfew starting Monday night, until further notice.
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#SierraLeone
’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma has appealed for calm after police gave him 24 hours to report to them. It relates to the failed attempted coup of 26 November in which many of his former and current bodyguards were either killed or arrested. Koroma said…
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For the second time in one month
#SierraLeone
has reduced the pump price of fuel. With immediate effect, the new price is Le 7,000, down from Le 8,500. Chairman of the petroleum regulatory agency, Brima Baluwa Koroma told me it’s because of the variables agreed with importers.
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Today
#SierraLeone
’s Parliament will repeal the obnoxious 55-year-old criminal & seditious libel law. It’s a watershed moment! I’m happy I lived to see this day. I’ve been impressed by how all parties’ MPs have come together to achieve a campaign promise of
@PresidentBio
.
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Breaking News:
#SierraLeone
’s parliament has just unanimously repealed the 55-year-old criminal libel law.
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The world is in lockdown!! Whoever survives this and comes out, please respect the environment always and all ways. Stop encroaching on the wildlife habitat. Stop the greed. If we leave the wildlife in peace, their reaction won’t lock us down.
#COVID19
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Someone who prefers anonymity will today donate 3,000 PPEs (personal protective equipment) towards the fight against
#Covid19
in
#SierraLeone
. Thank you Lawyer Roland Wright for the request, facilitation & delivery. We are forever grateful!!
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A jury in
#SierraLeone
has found former defense minister, Major (Rtd) Palo Conteh NOT guilty of treason. He was found guilty on two counts of unlawful possession of arms. Maximum penalty for each count is one year in prison or a fine of Le 5,000,000 ($500) or both.
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With one of Africa’s literary giants,
#SierraLeone
’s Prof Eldred Durosimi Jones as he turned 95 today. I’m extremely lucky that he considers me his friend.
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Football is back in
#SierraLeone
! Never seen anything like this for a local football fixture here! Is
#FIFA
watching?
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#Coronavirus
is real, highly contagious & deadly. Don’t be in denial. Report EARLY any signs & symptoms. Report & isolate yourself if you think you’ve been exposed to someone positive for
#COVID19
. Wash your hands. Keep your distance. In your and
#SierraLeone
’s best interest.
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#SierraLeone
has extended, indefinitely, the nationwide 14-day partial lockdown and 9pm-6am curfew which would have ended this weekend. This means the restrictions on inter-district movement introduced due to the
#COVID19
pandemic, will continue.
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27 bodies of civilians killed during protests in
#SierraLeone
in August have been brought out of the central mortuary for burial by the state.
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The mayor of the Sierra Leone capital, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has been named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 next most influential people in the world. The others include the prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin, the young US poet laureate Amanda Gorman, CNN anchor Abby Phillip,
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Six people have died after a mudslide in the mountain area of Looking Town - Kissy, in
#SierraLeone
’s capital, according to the head of country’s disaster agency Lt Gen (Rtd) Bureh Sesay. 4 men, a woman & a child. This, amid a heavy rainfall with flash floods across the city.
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I just woke up to a message from an
#Ebola
orphan and survivor my wife and I have been helping look after: “Hi dad,” he writes in response to my message to check on him, “I am fine. But coronavirus makes me think about how I lost my family during Ebola. And for now I am so in...
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Happy Good Friday to all my christian friends.
#COVID
ー19 may have kept you away from church, but please let it take you closer to Jesus. Happy Easter, even in such unhappy times.
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#SierraLeone
#COVID19
update: 383 people have been released from quarantine. 336 are still in quarantine, among them 66 in self quarantine. Still NO case of the coronavirus confirmed in the country. It’d be good to know how many have been tested. Let’s prioritize testing NOW!
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#SierraLeone
’s first female coach for a top flight male football team, Victoria Conteh has recorded her first victory, as East End Tigers defeat the joint league leaders and big spending Bo Rangers 2-1 in the Sierra Leone Premier League.
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#SierraLeone
’s former president, Ernest Bai Koroma is currently answering to questions from anti-corruption investigators in Freetown. The two sides are meeting at a place ACC sources have described only as “one of our Safe Houses”. It follows the intervention of the British High
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I’m left with no option but to block anyone using my comment section or tagging me to spread fake news or vicious speculation about
#COVID19
in
#SierraLeone
under the guise of seeking clarification from me or maximising their reach. It’s causing unnecessary hysteria!
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Last week was very tough for me. Seriously challenged by my health. Best feeling in two weeks today. Back at work!
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With the world in turmoil and lockdown does anyone remember Bob Marley’s passing on this day in 1981? Marley Nite is tonight - 11 May! May he continue to Rest In Peace.
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Eid-Ul-Mubaraq to you and family. May next year’s Eid be free of the coronavirus. May Allah have mercy on us. May we prosper.
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#SierraLeone
has recorded two new
#COVID19
cases bringing the total to four. Both new cases are quarantined travelers who arrived last month. They and others were due to be released from isolation this weekend. But with the new policy they had to be tested first...
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#SierraLeone
has today recorded its highest number of
#Covid_19
cases in any single day so far - 11 - many of them health workers. It brings to 26 the total number of cases, doubling the cumulative figures from two days ago. Most are linked to Patient Number 2, a medical doctor.
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