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## Sierra Leone


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Jun 10, 2019  
## [An Intimate Portrait of Life in Sierra Leone](https://time.com/5597531/freetown-sierra-leone-health/)  
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## [The Teenage Miner, the Village and the 709-Carat Diamond That Changed Everything](https://time.com/5368633/sierra-leone-peace-diamond/)  
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Dec 12, 2016  
## [Some People Who Get Ebola Don't Show Symptoms: Study](https://time.com/4596928/some-people-who-get-ebola-dont-show-symptoms-study/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
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## [Female Circumcision Must Be Replaced With More Empowering Practices](https://time.com/4569971/female-circumcision-disempowering/)  
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Aug 19, 2016  
## [Ebola Nurse Survivor Accused of 'Concealing Temperature' On Return to U.K.](https://time.com/4458757/ebola-pauline-cafferkey-temperature/)  
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* ![A soldier exits the United Nations mission to Sierra Leone on March 31, 2006 in front of the gate of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt302a5be1ac280f0d/698895f73c163912e845d7d3/sierra-leone-war-taught-love-lessons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
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Jan 21, 2016  
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[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
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[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
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* ![BRITAIN-HEALTH-EBOLA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c114df0e409bd0f/69886862196cf407d303888e/gettyimages-460991168.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 15, 2015  
## [Scottish Nurse's Condition Deteriorates From Ebola Relapse](https://time.com/4074377/pauline-cafferkey-ebola-nurse-critically-ill/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
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## [Scottish Nurse Who Had Ebola Placed Back in Isolation Unit](https://time.com/4067694/ebola-scottish-nurse-pauline-cafferkey-isolation-unit/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
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