Sierra Leone

A troubling new study shows the world’s deadliest virus can survive long after patients are declared to be “cured.”

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Thanks to UNICEF, Watta has a chance to move on—and even go to school.

Lucee lost her mother and father to Ebola, then turned to prostitution to support her siblings.

With Ebola still raging in Sierra Leone, a small sliver of hope has emerged: female genital mutilation has halted. Could this be the beginning of the end for the dangerous procedure?

The deadly disease has closed schools and disrupted learning among children, but now an educational radio initiative will attempt to reach millions of kids in West Africa.

Sierra Leone may be taking Liberia’s place as Ebola’s hot zone. And now, Sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims.