Sierra Leone Current Affairs, GK & News
India, Sierra Leone sign six agreements including $30 mn line of credit
To expand the bilateral relations in various fields, India and Sierra Leone signed six agreements including extending a credit line of $30 million for rice cultivation. The agreement was signed during the second leg of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s five-day visit to the West African countries, as part of which he reached Freetown, capital of ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: E-Visa • India • Julius Maada Bio • Sierra Leone • UNSC Reforms • Venkaiah Naidu
Bombali: New strain of Ebola virus discovered in Sierra Leone
Researchers working in joint US-West African study funded by USAid have discovered new strain of Ebola virus in bats in northern Bombali region of Sierra Leone. It has been named as Bombali virus strain, after district where it was found. The Bombali virus is overall sixth known virus strain Ebola virus. Others are Zaire, Sudan, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Topics: Bombali Strain • Diseases • Ebola Virus • Public health • Science and Technology • Sierra Leone
Julius Maada Bio newly elected President of Sierra Leone
Julius Maada Bio has recently taken oath as the new President of Sierra Leone in the capital Freetown on April 4, 2017. Mr Bio is a former soldier who briefly ruled Sierra Leone in 1996. He defeated ruling party candidate Samura Kamara, an economist by training. President Ernest Bai Koroma has stepped down after serving ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Africa • All People's Congress • Continents • Ernest Bai Koroma • Freetown • In Sierra Leone • Julius Maada Bio • Mende people • President of Sierra Leone • Samura Kamara • Sierra Leone • Temne people
WHO declares Guinea Ebola free
World Health Organization (WHO), a UN health agency has declared Guinea Ebola-free after no new cases were reported. Now the country enters into 90-day period of heightened surveillance of WHO. In Guinea, the deadly disease had killed more than 2,500 people and had completely shattered country’s economy and country’s health and education sectors. Criteria for ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Ebola • Ebola Outbreak • Guinea • Liberia • Sierra Leone • WHO
WHO officially declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free
World Health Organization (WHO), a U.N. health agency has officially declared Sierra Leone Ebola-free. This announcement is considered as a major milestone in UN-backed efforts to wipe out Ebola from the three western African countries viz. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Key facts WHO’s announcement comes after no new cases were reported over two incubation ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Ebola Outbreak • International • Sierra Leone • WHO