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Sierra Leone mudslides: As survivors pick through debris, 600 missing are likely dead
• 8 years agoSurvivors picking through the debris of Sierra Leone's deadly mudslides are facing the reality that most, if not all, of the estimated 600 people missing are dead.
Sierra Leone mudslides: Death toll crosses 400 with 600 people still missing, says Red Cross
• 8 years agoMore than 400 people have died in mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone with 600 people still missing in the stricken capital, the Red Cross said.
Mass burials begin for 300 Sierra Leone flood victims
• 8 years agoSierra Leone buried at least 300 victims of devastating floods on Thursday, as fears grew of more mudslides and accusations of government "inaction" over deforestation and poor urban planning mounted.
Sierra Leone mudslides: 109 minors killed, toll likely to increase as 600 still missing
Ians • 8 years agoAt least 109 children were among the more than 300 people who were killed in the deadly floods and mudslides that swept through Sierra Leone
Mudslide kills 400 in Sierra Leone; thousands still missing
Fp Staff • 8 years ago400 people, including at least 60 children, were killed following the collapse of a hillside in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown
Sierra Leone mudslides: Over 300 dead, 600 missing; UN to provide emergency relief
• 8 years agoMudslides in Sierra Leone's capital killed more than 300 people, many of them trapped as they slept. Another 600 people are missing, the Red Cross said on Wednesday
US surgeon who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone arrives in US for treatment
Fp Archives • 10 years agoDr. Martin Salia, who was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday, landed at Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Saturday afternoon and was taken by ambulance to the Nebraska Medical Center.
US: Doctor infected with Ebola to return home for treatment
Fp Archives • 10 years agoA surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown Saturday to the United States for treatment, officials from Sierra Leone and the United States said.
In Hastings, 63 people cured of deadly Ebola
Fp Archives • 10 years agoIn a town called Hastings in western Sierra Leone a battle every bit as deadly as the Norman Conquest is being fought every day -- against the Ebola virus
Ebola burial teams go on strike in Sierra Leone over not receiving their pay
Fp Archives • 10 years agoBodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone are at risk of being abandoned on the streets of Freetown, due to a strike by burial teams.