Sierra Leone Sierra Leone mudslide survivors at risk of disease Aid groups are rushing to distribute water filters and buckets across Sierra Leone's capital, in a bid to prevent an outbreak of waterborne disease after last week's deadly mudslide. 20/08/2017
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone declares a week of national mourning after mudslide Aid workers fear decomposing bodies left out in heat may spark health crisis 16/08/2017
Sierra Leone Death toll rises in Sierra Leone mudslide Sierra Leone's president calls for international help after devastating landslide 15/08/2017
Sierra Leone Major search for victims of Sierra Leone mudslides Hundreds have died in mudslides and floods near the capital Freetown and the number of victims is expected to rise. 15/08/2017
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone: hundreds feared dead in massive mudslide after heavy rain in Freetown Hundreds of people are feared dead in Sierra Leone following a massive mudslide. Dozens of houses were submerged in mud after heavy rain caused a 14/08/2017
Sierra Leone Group jogging banned in Sierra Leone Jogging in groups has been banned by authorities in Sierra Leone 31/07/2017
Sierra Leone Ebola is back after West Africa declared Ebola-free A aid agency report says a woman who died of Ebola in Sierra Leone this week has potentially exposed at least twenty-seven other people to the virus 15/01/2016
Guinea Guinea free of Ebola, says WHO Public education and aggressive intervention have paid off and Guinea is now Ebola-free – so says the World Health Organization, two years after the 29/12/2015
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone celebrates end of Ebola outbreak Vigils and celebrations have been held in Freetown to mark the end of Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak, which killed close to 4,000 people in the 08/11/2015
Sierra Leone WHO declares Sierra Leone free of Ebola The World Health Organisation has declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola. There hasn’t been a single case of the disease for the past 42 days. The 07/11/2015
United Kingdom 'Ebola nurse' Pauline Cafferkey critically ill Pauline Cafferkey was readmitted to an specialist isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital last week. 14/10/2015
Sierra Leone Ebola-infected Scottish nurse readmitted to hospital Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has been readmitted to a hospital isolation unit. Medical personnel 09/10/2015
world news Deadly spread of Ebola 'could be stopped by end of year' Ebola’s devastating grip on West Africa could be lifted by the end of year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO says Guinea is 26/08/2015
Sierra Leone Back to school for Sierra Leone students in wake of Ebola outbreak Students have been heading back to schools in Sierra Leone, nine months after classes were cancelled because of the Ebola outbreak. It is seen as a 14/04/2015
world news Ebola leaves damage that will take decades for W.Africa to repair Back to class at one Liberian school after a seven-month break. The Ebola epidemic had hidden costs, too, and now the disease appears to be on the 03/03/2015
Liberia Liberia re-opens land border following deadly Ebola outbreak Liberia has reopened its land border with Sierra Leone after several months of closure. The move is a sign things are returning to normal following 23/02/2015
world news Ebola "slowing" in West Africa The Ebola outbreak in West Africa appears to be slowing down, according to the UN special envoy on the virus, but he added the battle was far from 16/01/2015
world news Ebola can be beaten by the end of 2015 says UN mission head Months of hard work lie ahead but the world can stamp out the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by the end of the year according to the outgoing chief of 03/01/2015
Italy Italy: Abandoned cargo ship full of migrants is safely towed to port An uncertain future faces some 450 migrants on board a cargo ship abandoned by its crew off Italy in a new tactic by people smugglers. 03/01/2015
Sierra Leone Relentless spread of Ebola continues with Sierra Leone worst hit As Ebola continues its relentless spread in West Africa, Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma has asked people to observe a week of fasting and prayer. 02/01/2015
Sierra Leone Nurses offer Christmas spirit to Ebola patients in Sierra Leone Health workers in Sierra Leone attempt to offer the feeling of Christmas to patients being treated for Ebola. 25/12/2014
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone imposes lockdown to stop transmission of Ebola Sierra Leone has imposed a mandatory lockdown in its Northern Region in an effort to stop the spread of an Ebola outbreak. Markets and shops have 24/12/2014
Sierra Leone Locally-run Sierra Leone clinic fights Ebola against the odds In Sierra Leone, there is no let up in the fight against Ebola. The country now accounts for more than half of the known cases of the disease. At the 22/12/2014
Sierra Leone Ban Ki-moon praises healthcare workers in Ebola-hit African countries During a trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised healthcare workers fighting the Ebola virus 20/12/2014
no comment Crowds swarm around suspected Ebola victim in Sierra Leone Is this scene a sign of the task facing health authorities in West Africa? The footage shows crowds swarming around the body of a suspected Ebola 20/12/2014
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone cancels Christmas celebrations to fight Ebola outbreak Sierra Leone has announced house-to-house searches for Ebola patients and internal travel restrictions as part of a new plan to battle the outbreak 17/12/2014
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