Alex Thomson
The man who died alone in the jungle to save others from Ebola
Amid the sombre disposal of Freetown’s dead, a pharmacist who treated Ebola sufferers follows in their footsteps.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Building a hospital in the jungle – in just six weeks?
Many query why the response has been so slow to Ebola from Europe and you can certainly argue not enough was done in the early months. But the work is getting underway – and it’s making a difference.
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Alex Thomson
Ebola: mum, dad, uncles, aunts, they really are gone forever
Like unaccompanied minors – not in an airport but in life – they stand there as the Unicef Jeep rolls into the village, silently holding out their nameplates.
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Alex Thomson
The value of a human life in Sierra Leone? $5,000
The Sierra Leone government says it will pay $5,000 compensation for every health worker to die from Ebola.
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Alex Thomson
Devil Hole Junction, where people go when they get Ebola
Osman Gbondo lies dead under a tree. His wife Aminata lies 200 metres away, blood oozing from her mouth. We are in Devil Hole Junction, an hour’s drive from Freetown.
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Alex Thomson
Ebola: ‘The next four weeks are critical here in Freetown’
Alex Thomson reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone, where there is no ebola hospital. The coming weeks are “critical”, the Red Cross says.
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Migrants spark Ebola fears at Canary Islands nudist beach
A boat of immigrants from Sierra Leone sparks Ebola fears in Gran Canaria after arriving on a nudist beach.
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At the sharp end of Sierra Leone’s Ebola battle
Tom Clarke visits Freetown in Sierra Leone, where every 10 cases of Ebola infection lead to 17 more. Are community care units the answer?
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Ebola: Commonwealth athletes fight for right to remain in UK
With Ebola ravaging their nation, 26 of the Commonwealth Games boxing squad from Sierra Leone are begging the UK government to let them stay. They tell Jonathan Miller about their plight.
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On the Ebola frontline in Sierra Leone
In some neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Freetown, Ebola orphans are left to fend for themselves while ambulances can’t respond to Ebola calls. Science Editor Tom Clarke reports from Crab Town.
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Adate, aged 10 – orphaned by Ebola, abandoned by neighbours
Adate, a young boy from Freetown, Sierra Leone, has lost his mother, his father and his sister to Ebola in the past week. Now neighbours shun him, fearing he also carries the virus.
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Burying the Ebola dead in Sierra Leone
There is no panic: but the word ‘Ebola’ is everywhere – Channel 4 News Science Editor Tom Clarke reports from Sierra Leone in the heart of Ebola zone.
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Calls for more action to stop Ebola
More military, more medics and more money is needed to prevent the definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation, say the aid agency Oxfam.
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Alex Thomson
A dismal response to Ebola’s global spread
The rest of the world seems unenthusiastic in helping tackle Ebola, even now that the outbreak has spread and spread beyond the shores of Africa.
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Ebola hits Sierra Leone’s last unaffected district
Koinadugu, in Sierra Leone, had been the country’s one area without Ebola – until yesterday. But as John F Sillah reports, locals are resolved to regain the district’s status as an Ebola-free zone.
