Sierra Leone

Rescuers carry a child who survived after a mudslide at a rubbish landfill in the Dar Es Salam neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the capital Conakry, Guinea, August 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Saliou Samb

Guinea Mudslide at Rubbish Dump Claims at Least Eight Lives

Saliou Samb 23/08/2017

The disaster followed landslides in Sierra Leone and Democratic...

Residents save belongings in floodwaters after a mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone, August 14, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Ernest Henry

Nearly 400 Bodies Recovered from Mudslide in Sierra Leone

Christo Johnson and Umaru Fofana 16/08/2017

Dozens of houses were buried when a mountainside collapsed...

A resident walks past a mural about the dangers of the Ebola Virus painted on a wall off Tubman Boulevard in Monrovia, Liberia, on September 18, 2014: Credit: Morgana Wingard/UNDP

Post the Ebola Outbreak, US Wants Some Reluctant West African Immigrants to Go Home

Public Radio International 12/06/2017

Three years ago, the US offered people from three...

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IMF Prescriptions Have Crippled West African Health Systems

Thomas Stubbs and Alexander E. Kentikelenis 26/02/2017

West African health systems were weak before the IMF...

Results of New Ebola Vaccine Trial Creates Hope

Lyndal Rowlands 23/12/2016

Known as rVSV-ZEBOV – Vesicular Stomatitis Virus–Ebola Virus Vaccine...

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Ebola and Zika Epidemics are Driven by Pathologies of Society, Not Just a Virus

David Sanders 04/04/2016

To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need...