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15 Dec 2021 1 minute read

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VIDEO: ‘It’s a battle to survive’

An intimate 7-minute video portrait shares a stonecutter’s family struggling with hunger in Sierra Leone.

Dr Asamte Fidel is one of the local Sierra Leonean doctors working at Connaught Hospital. The hospital was on the frontline of the Ebola epidemic when it hit in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Credit: Simon Davis/DFiD

16 Jun 2020 7 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

First Ebola, then Covid-19

Four years ago, New Internationalist travelled to West Africa to hear the stories of communities in recovery from the deadly...

11 Aug 2019 1 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Sierra Leone’s fight against malaria

In a series of web documentaries, Sierra Leonean citizen reporters lay bare the devastating impacts of malaria.

F.A. Cole at Women Safe Institute, January 2018. Photo: Kyle G. Brown

8 Mar 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Survivors and doctors fight back against FGM

Without proper care, the value of post-FGM reconstructive surgery can be limited. Kyle G. Brown reports.

1 Jul 2017 3 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Top album releases of the summer

New Internationalist reviews the top world music albums of the summer

26 Sep 2016 9 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

After Ebola – in pictures

The world’s media has moved on but people in Sierra Leone are still living with the consequences of the most deadly outbreak...

27 Jun 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

The story of Ebola from those who lived through it

The world’s media obsessed over Ebola at its peak. But what happened next? Paul Myles introduces the Sierra...

16 Jun 2016 6 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Why did the market fail to produce an Ebola vaccine?

Mustapha Dumbaya lost 47 relatives in the outbreak. He explores why dysfunctional R&D is letting down...

1 Jun 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Ebola - the facts

Statistics and more on the spread of the virus through West Africa.

1 Jun 2016 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Where my father lies

Mariama B Jalloh’s quest to find her father’s resting place among the unmarked graves of those lost to Ebola...

1 Jun 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

For better or worse

Mamie Lebbi, the first woman to test positive for Ebola, describes how she survived in the bush with her...

1 Jun 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Love without touch

Bankolay Turay’s story of student romance on ice.

1 Jun 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

'These are the boys who fought Ebola!'

Gangsters turned mobilizers, the Tripoli Boys kicked Ebola out of their neighbourhood. Amjata Bayoh and...

1 Jun 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

'I speak for the girls'

Elizabeth Katta talks about the lingering impacts of teenage pregnancy, which spiked during Ebola.

1 Jun 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

'Everything is on my shoulders'

Serah Tomba went from being a student to sole carer of seven orphans.

1 Jun 2016 13 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Did we learn the right lessons from Ebola?

And will Sierra Leone be ready, should the virus return? Hazel Healy travelled there to find out.

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