Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to Reopen Schools March 30

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has directed that schools throughout the country be reopened on March 30, seven months after they were closed due to the Ebola epidemic. Government spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay said Koroma has also ordered that water and sanitation be made available in all schools, as well as Ebola screenings and psychosocial support ahead of the reopening.   “In fact, when the president instructed the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in his...

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