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Sierra Leone (Today) - Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week’s devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city’s chief coroner told Reuters on Sunday. One of Africa’s worst... - Condolences to Sierra Leone over losses in mudslide disaster Sierra Leone (Today) - Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on August 21 sent a message of condolences to Sierra Leonean Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation...
- Child health crisis looms in Sierra Leone as death toll continues to rise Sierra Leone (Today) - FAIRFIELD, Conn. (August 18, 2017)— Save the Children has warned of a child health crisis in Sierra Leone due to contaminated water supplies and lack of safe shelter following this...
- Sierra Leone mudslide survivors remember day the mountain moved Sierra Leone (Today) - Hundreds of people are feared dead following massive mudslides near Freetown, the capital of the West African nation of Sierra Leone, according to government officials and aid agencies. Hundreds of...
- Sierra Leone: Death toll from landslide nears 500 Sierra Leone (Yesterday) - The death toll from a devastating landslide and flooding that hit Sierra Leone earlier this week has risen to nearly 500, according to hospital officials. More than 600 people remained...
- Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides, hospital officials say Sierra Leone (Yesterday) - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the toll...
- Sierra Leone’s Disaster Was Caused by Neglect, Not Nature Sierra Leone (Yesterday) - The calamity that struck Sierra Leone on Aug. 14, when Sugarloaf, the conical mountain overlooking the capital, Freetown, collapsed in a mudslide that swept away buildings and killed at least...
- Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide Sierra Leone (Yesterday) - Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week's devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city's chief coroner told Reuters on Sunday. One of Africa's worst...
- How The Ebola Crisis Is Helping Sierra Leone Deal With The Aftermath Of The Deadly Mudslides Sierra Leone (Yesterday) - DAKAR — Sidi Tunis was on his way to work at Sierra Leone’s parliament in the capital of Freetown when he saw the first images of the mudslides. As more...
- Twin Cities' Sierra Leone community seeks to help homeland hit by mudslide Sierra Leone (Yesterday) - International news reports depicting Sierra Leone's latest devastation silenced the room. For a nation battered by civil war, and more recently by the Ebola virus, last week's massive mudslide came...
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