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Sierra Leone

Sorie Kondi and DJ Chief Boima of Kondi Band
Music
Kondi Band connects West African thumb piano with US electronica
Woman sitting at desk while on phone, with computer screen behind
Justice
Black and Muslim, some African immigrants feel the brunt of Trump’s immigration plans
One of many banners around Freetown, Sierra Leone, warning people not to touch one another because of Ebola.
Health
Emerging from the spectre of Ebola
Young kids take part in informal French language lessons in the village of Meliandou, Guinea, ground zero for the West African Ebola outbreak.
Health
Why my photo from Guinea sparked a soccer star’s search for one boy
Interviewing people in Guinea in December "They were telling me they didn’t believe Ebola was a real virus. "BBC correspondent Tulip Mazumdar conducts an interview in Guinea in December 2014. "They were telling me they didn’t believe Ebola was a real vir
Health
Ebola veterans warn that vigilance is still needed as case numbers drop
Sierra Leone's Ebola epidemic continues to claim lives
Health
Ebola is leaving a new generation of orphans
Edward Turay, Sierra Leone's High Commissioner to Britain, attends the "Defeating Ebola: Sierra Leone" conference in central London on October 2, 2014.
Health
Ebola cases are soaring in Sierra Leone, and the government is coming up short
A student at Goverment Secondary School Garki washes her hands, as school resumed in Abuja, Nigeria, in late September.
Health
Here’s one reason Nigeria has halted the spread of Ebola
An empty street at the start of a three-day national lockdown in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on September 19, 2014. Curfews were imposed in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus.
Health
Sierra Leone celebrates the end of its lockdown, but Ebola still looms
Health workers wearing protective clothing disinfect themselves after an abandoned dead body presenting with Ebola symptoms was found at Duwala market in Monrovia, Liberia, on August 17, 2014.
Health
This American doctor says racism is to blame for the slow response to the Ebola outbreak
Members of a Red Cross burial team put on personal protective equipment before entering the home of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola in the village of Dia on Monday, August 18, 2014.
Health
A photographer gets up close with the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
Kent Brantly, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, smiles during a press conference at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Brantly along with a second American aid worker who contracted Ebola while treating victims of the deadly virus in Libe
Medicine
Two infected Americans are now Ebola-free, but doctors aren’t sure why
A Chinese doctor checks the temperature of a passenger on a flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai during the SARS outbreak in 2003. There are now fears that Ebola could spread via travel from West Africa to the rest of the world.
Medicine
Put away the plastic sheets and duct tape — there’s no Ebola outbreak coming to the US
Health workers carry the body of an ebola virus victim in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Health
The death of a key doctor damages the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone
Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts from Norfolk Street on November 4, 2012
Conflict & Justice
Nearly killed in Sierra Leone, this refugee has found more than a home in Worcester, Mass.
Environment
DJ Focus becomes youngest visiting practitioner at MIT
Women in Sierra Leone face high barriers to participation in politics
Arts, Culture & Media
Musician Janka Nabay brings Sierra Leonean sound to Brooklyn
Charles Taylor, former leader of Liberia, found guilty of war crimes
Verdict expected this week in war crimes trial of Liberia’s Charles Taylor
Arts, Culture & Media
Author Ishmael Beah recounts his childhood as a boy soldier
Health & Medicine
Sierra Leone mental health
Arts, Culture & Media
Sierra Leone Thumb Piano Player, Sorie Kondi, Finds American Audience Online
Global Politics
Women Candidates in Sierra Leone Face Intimidation
Arts, Culture & Media
Ballet Dancer Michaela DePrince: From Sierra Leone to the Stage
Arts, Culture & Media
What Liberians Make of the Charles Taylor Guilty Verdict
Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes
Charles Taylor’s Legacy in Sierra Leone
Conflict & Justice
Liberia’s Charles Taylor Guilty of Aiding Sierra Leone War Crimes
Conflict & Justice
Sierra Leoneans Eagerly Await Verdict in Charles Taylor Trial
Arts, Culture & Media
Janka Nabay: The Bubu King of Sierra Leone
Arts, Culture & Media
Sia Tolno: A Rising Singer From Sierra Leone
Former Liberian Dictator Charles Taylor Worked for US Spy Agencies
Arts, Culture & Media
Sierra Leone’s Independent Radio Network
Diamonds to Rice
Conflict & Justice
The warlord and the supermodel: Naomi Campbell testifies at The Hague
Environment
Diamonds to rice
Conflict & Justice
Gaddafi’s activities in Africa
Arts, Culture & Media
Amistad, in Epic Verse