Guinea

Sierra Leone’s north has been locked down over Christmas for at least three days in an attempt to contain the spread of the devastating Ebola virus.

The World Health Organisation says the number of Ebola cases should surpass 9,000 by the end of this week, as the British government continues to deport people to Ebola-affected countries.

Guinea President Alpha Condé tells Channel 4 News that people in west Africa do not understand why they cannot touch one another or bury their dead. “We are very tactile people.”

Critics call the government’s response to Ebola “shambolic” as a national exercise to test Britain’s readiness for an outbreak takes place. But what danger does the killer virus pose to Britain?

With more than 3,400 people dead in west Africa and 7,500 infected in the latest Ebola outbreak, 300,000 people sign a petition demanding action… to save an infected dog.

The World Health Organisation warn the Ebola virus is spreading fast in Liberia, as scientists move one step closer to finding a working vaccine after a drug protected monkeys for 10 months.

The first Briton to get Ebola is flown into London for treatment, as the death toll rises to 1,427 people. Channel 4 News speaks to the man who discovered Ebola and charts the spread of the disease.

Two US aid workers beat Ebola thanks to an experimental drug, giving renewed hope in the fight to contain the outbreak behind more than 1,400 deaths in Africa.

An outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 670 people across Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. So what do we need to know about this highly contagious virus?

As the news channels focused on violence in Gaza and the tragedy of MH17, what else happened? Channel 4 News finds out.

An ongoing outbreak of ebola, one of the world’s deadliest diseases, has already cost 467 lives and is being described by some experts as “out of control”. But why is it so lethal?

British firm London Mining evacuates a number of “non-essential” workers from Sierra Leone following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.

The World Health Organisation says an outbreak of the incurable disease in Guinea is still “relatively small” compared to past epidemics, after charity workers called it “unprecedented” in scale.

Jonathan Miller’s powerful images describe the challenges facing the west African state of Guinea as it struggles to exploit its reserves of bauxite, copper, gold, diamonds and iron ore.

Guinea’s president vows to tackle corruption. Channel 4 News investigates if he has made progress.