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Ebola is a frightening and deadly disease, killing on average one half of people infected and spreading rapidly without containment measures. So how do 麻豆社 journalists report from the centre of an epidemic? 麻豆社 West Africa journalist Emery Makumeno has been reporting from Kinshasa in DR Congo on the Ebola outbreak; Musa Sangarie, Country Director for Sierra Leone for 麻豆社 Media Action, led public information campaigns in Sierra Leone in the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic; Camilla Mota, journalist with 麻豆社 News Brasil, has reported on the fall-out from the country鈥檚 Zika virus outbreak in 2015 and 2016; and Mattias Zibell Garcia, producer at 麻豆社 Mundo, reported on the recent Hantavirus outbreak in Ushuaia, Argentina.

The Fifth Floor is at the heart of global storytelling on the 麻豆社 World Service, bringing you the best stories from journalists in the 麻豆社's 43 language services. We're here to help you make sense of the stories making headlines around the world; to excite your curiosity and to get to grips with the facts.

Recent episodes have investigated Russia鈥檚 youth armies and how they make soldiers of Ukrainian children; featured the 麻豆社 team who were the first journalists to the site of the Nigerian school kidnappings and reflected the effects of internet blackouts in Iran, Uganda and India.

If you want to know more about Venezuela鈥檚 acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, and the legacy of Hugo Chavez; or how Vladimir Putin鈥檚 network of deep cover spies operates; or why Donald Trump signed an executive order granting white South Africans asylum in the US, we have all those stories and more.

Presented by Faranak Amidi.

Produced by Laura Thomas, Caroline Ferguson and Hannah Dean.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich)