Dozens of Ebola survivors have been discharged from a treatment centre near Sierra Leone’s capital and told they were virus-free.

As the largest ebola outbreak in history tears through rural villages and towns in Africa, and — for the first time ever — major cities which are overcrowded and ill- prepared, eye-witnesses recount the sheer horror at ground level.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty today to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including sexual slavery, mutilation and sending children into combat.