STORIES
Maternal Mortality Sierra Leone: The World's Highest
1800 out of 100,000 mothers will die in childbirth.
Here, a healthy baby boy dies in his mothers womb in hospital when the doctor refuses to perform the necessary caesarean as the mother is unable to pay.
The baby dies, and becomes septic, threatening the life of his mother as 2 days later, the doctor continues to refuse to surgically remove the baby to save the mother's
life.
$10.00 from this reporter later, the operation proceeds. The baby is rolled away to the morgue in a basin.
The doctor admits the money he charges for the operations is at his discretion and goes straight into his pocket.
The impact of illegal fishing : Sierra Leone
Trawlers illegally fishing in Sierra Leone's waters threaten both the lives of local fisherman and the environment.
The RAF in Afghanistan
Embedded with the Emergency Medical Services, Helmand
White Lobster on the Miskito Coast, Nicaragua
When cocaine dumped by traffickers fleeing pursuit off Nicaragua's Miskito coast is found in the sea, the lives of the impoverished lobster fishermen changes.
Gold Fever: Brazil's New Eldorado
Hundreds flock to a remote and virgin corner of Brazil's Amazon forest after gold is discovered , destroying the forest and setting up a Wild West outpost.