Jul 04 Watch Health workers race to halt Ebola in West Africa By PBS News Hour Health workers met in Ghana to coordinate on how to contain what has become the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak from spilling over new borders. Since February, the virus has been reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Resentment and rumor builds against health workers trying to contain Ebola outbreak By PBS News Hour The latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now the largest and deadliest outbreak ever. And unlike outbreaks of the past, it is affecting both rural and urban areas. Jeffrey Brown talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign… Continue watching
Jun 29 West African Ebola outbreak is deadliest on record By Xander Landen West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is now the deadliest on record, according to the World Health Organization. The disease has a mortality rate of up to 90 percent. Since the outbreak began in February, there have been 635… Continue reading
Mar 23 Ebola virus detected in Guinea fever outbreak By Kayla Ruble The Ebola virus was detected in samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marking the first human outbreak of Ebola in the country, according to government officials… Continue reading
Oct 01 Meet Agnes: Orphan, Student, Survivor of Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone By Larisa Epatko Agnes, a 17-year-old orphan in Sierra Leone, was told by a teacher that he would enroll her in school if she would have sex with him. Continue reading
May 30 Watch News Wrap: Former Liberian President Taylor Gets 50-Year Sentence In other news Wednesday, former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced in an international war crimes court to 50 years in prison for fomenting civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. Also, Britain's highest court upheld an order to extradite WikiLeaks'… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Liberia’s Taylor Found Guilty of Aiding, Abetting Sierra Leone War Crimes Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday by an international war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, for a series of atrocities, including funding rebels in Sierra Leone. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports on the historic verdict. Continue watching
Aug 05 Analyst: Trial Spotlights Scourge of Conflict Diamonds By Larisa Epatko British supermodel Naomi Campbell testified Thursday at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor that she received a small bag of "dirty-looking stones" after attending a dinner with the leader, but couldn't say for certain if they… Continue reading
Jul 14 Former Liberian Leader Taylor Denies War Crimes By PBS News Hour Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes, denied all charges during his first day of testimony Tuesday before the three-judge Special Court for Sierra Leone. Continue reading
Jul 01 African Leaders Seek Common Ground on Zimbabwe Election Dispute By PBS News Hour African leaders meeting in Egypt are debating how to handle the disputed re-election of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, as the longtime leader's spokesman told Western critics who blasted the recent vote to "go hang."… Continue reading