Christmas in Sierra Leone will be very different this year. The ravaging effect of the Ebola outbreak has created a very unfriendly and unwelcoming environment.

Ebola cancels Christmas in Sierra Leone LONDON - The Ebola outbreak that originated in West Africa has now grown to more than 19,000 cases and nearly 7,600 deaths worldwide.

Sierra Leone said Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm.

Liberian men shop for a Christmas tree at a shop in Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. The deadly Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone means no festive parties at the beach, no carolers ...

Christmas and holiday get-togethers are effectively cancelled in Sierra Leone. Due to concerns that Ebola could spread to rural areas as families gather to celebrate, the nation’s national Eb… ...

Christmas in Sierra Leone is set to be particularly special this year after celebrations were banned in 2015 due to the Ebola epidemic. The country has been Ebola free for the past two months, and ...

While only about a quarter of people in Sierra Leone are Christian, Christmas is typically joyfully celebrated with friends, families and communities in much of the country. This holiday season, ...

Sierra Leone is halting public Christmas holiday celebrations for fears of the Ebola virus continuing to spread from urban hubs into rural villages.

A spokesman for Sierra Leone’s government says banning of all public celebrations during Christmas festivities is part of the administration’s effort to contain the Ebola outbreak.

Sierra Leone is still getting pummeled hard by its raging Ebola epidemic, with three times more new infections recorded last week than Guinea and Liberia combined. And now, the continued havoc ...

Ebun James-Dekam, general secretary of Sierra Leone’s Council of Churches, said Christians should be allowed to pray in churches on Christmas and New Year’s Day, and then go back home.

Opinion - Christmas, the birthday of Jesus Christ is usually a day most people spend at home. Some spend it in nightclubs, others in any place where beer flows. For me, I spent part of my Xmas on ...