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By Ezekiel Nabieu

To think that the raging Ebola plague is a creation of the APC or the White Man is to exhibit the height of idiocy. It will surprise rational minds that some so-called educated citizens are mainly responsible for peddling this myth.

It has become fashionable to say “Ar nor believe say Ebola dae. Befo Ebola cam people bin dae vomit en run belleh.” That’s their skewed reasoning. For goodness sake how can a government be so sadistic as to kill off citizens whose only crime is the maintenance of peace?

In June, Sierra Leone's viral haemorrhagic fever specialist, Dr Skeh Umar Khan spoke to Politico. That was before he tested positive for Ebola and subsequently died. We first asked him how the fight against Ebola was going on.

Dr. Khan: We are moving on. As it is now, we have some cases currently being admitted. We have 41 being admitted at the moment, we’ve discharged so far 18 cases who have survived the disease.

Politico: You mean those who came in with it and then you’ve treated them and they no longer have Ebola?

By Khadi Mansaray

Since I wrote an article "Sierra Leoneans on my mind", I’ve been desperately waiting, looking for a reason to say I was wrong, and that we are a noble people. Some critics felt the content of my piece was unfair, disrespectful and some even described me as being of the war generation.

By Aminata Phidelia Allie

This is the first Court Martial that I am witnessing but I am positive that Court Martials in other countries are very serious businesses and they do not last long.

Mostly two days and the accused are either convicted or acquitted. In Sierra Leone, however, the military tribunal in Freetown has proven to be just like any other matter that drags on for monthsand months, sometimes for no convincingly clear reason.

Dear Mr. President,

We, the African civil society leaders of Publish What You Pay, a global coalition campaigning for an open and accountable gas, oil and mining sector, are addressing you on the eve of the US - Africa Leaders Summit.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

We shall not tire. We shall continue the relentless assault on Ebola. We shall not stop until we wish Ebola good riddance. Never in human history has an endemic disease caused on estrangement of friends and families rather than the much-needed love that can elicit a placebo effect. What disease is this? Where has it been lurking in human history only to surface in 1976? Are there more of these kinds of diseases in the bag? Only God knows.

It was in like manner that HIV/AIDS awoke from its somnolence in the past couple of decades.

By Kemo Cham

Thirty years of efforts in the fight against Malaria - a major killer disease in Africa - maybe just about bearing fruits. This is according to reports last week that British drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline was seeking approval for its malaria vaccine.
The vaccine - RTS,S - will be the first of its kind for malaria or any parasitic disease, if approved for mass production and distribution.