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While Ebola is losing its grip on Sierra Leone, major losses of rice production in its wake will soon devastate the country and lead to massive famine without international aid. (associated press)

As Ebola eases, Sierra Leone still struggles to recover

By Alpha Kamara — Special to The Washington Times

FILE -In this file photo taken on Sept. 25, 2015, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo, left, stand next to Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma, center, and Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana, right, during the opening ceremony of the China Friendship Hospital catering for Ebola virus patience in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone&#8217;s vice president sought asylum on the United States on Saturday, March 14, 2015, saying he no longer felt safe in the country after soldiers disarmed the security team at his residence. &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel safe this morning as vice president,&#8221; Samuel Sam-Sumana told The Associated Press by phone. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff,File)

Samuel Sam-Sumana, Sierra Leone’s vice president, asks U.S. for asylum: ‘I don’t feel safe’

Associated Press

A health official takes the temperature of a Malian soccer fan for Ebola Virus ahead of the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Ivory Coast and Guinea at the Estadio de Malabo in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Sierra Leone eases blocks on travel, business as Ebola wanes

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY - Associated Press

Medical staff wearing protective clothing arrives at the apartment building of the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Officials said a nurse and a nursing assistant have been placed under observation for Ebola in a Madrid hospital where a colleague became infected after working with two Spanish missionary priests who contracted the disease in West Africa and later died at the center. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

U.S. military planes arrive at epicenter of Ebola

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh and Ciaran Giles - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2013, after a meeting with, from left, Malawi President Joyce Banda; Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma; and Cape Verde Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

3 African leaders cancel trip to U.S. over Ebola outbreak; Obama still plans summit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

UN lavishes rare praise on Sierra Leone

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma (white hat) must get 55 percent of the votes or he will face his main opponent, Julius Maada Bio, in a second round of voting. A decade after Sierra Leone’s civil war, voters went to the polls Saturday. Results are pending. (Associated Press)

Voting for president calm in Sierra Leone

By Krista Larson - Associated Press