Sierra Leone’s First Post – Ebola Independence Anniversary

The West African State of Sierra Leone with a population of over 7.1 million people, according to the recent provisional result of the December 2015 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted by Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL), will be celebrating her 55^th Independence Anniversary on Wednesday, 27^th April, 1961.

A former British colonized territory, Sierra Leone was declared an independent country by the British on 27th April, 1961 after 153 years of colonial rule. The celebration of Sierra Leone’s 55th Independence Anniversary on Wednesday will be a reflective moment for Sierra Leoneans given the tumultuous outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country between May 2014 and November 2015, when Sierra Leone was first declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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