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Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh has warmly welcomed the decision of the President of the Lebanese Parliament, Mr. Nabih Berri to build an educational complex in Bo City, said the Ambassador of Lebanon to Sierra Leone, Nidal Yehya.

The Lebanon envoy further added that the President of the Lebanese Parliament, Mr. Nabih Berri was conceived in Bo 77 years ago.
“Vice President Foh instructed the New Honorary Consul of Sierra Leone in Lebanon, Mr. Donald El Abed to implement these matters and to facilitate the way for new big investors to come to Sierra Leone and to invite the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lebanon to come to Sierra Leone.”

Researchers working in Africa are the first to observe monkeys preying on bats. The unusual behavior, which may have something to do with loss of habitat, could explain how dangerous diseases such as Ebola spread among species—and eventually to humans.

During the dry season, the country normally faces electricity crisis due to inadequate water in the Bum Buna hydro dam, according to many experts, and electricity is one of the key facilities for one to progress in his or her studies.

The Freetown Rotary Club has come to the rescue of the Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG) border by installing solar power on the entire border area so that pupils and staff might enjoy during and after the dry season.

An Ebola clinical vaccine trial will be launched this July by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the Standard Digital of Kenya reports.

According to Senior Deputy Director of the KEMRI Walter Reed project, Dr Fredric Sawe, the effort by KEMRI is meant to restore the West African region which was worst hit by the deadly Ebola virus.