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10 Jul, 2015

$3.4 Billion pledged for Ebola

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International donors pledge $3.4 billion for a total of $5.2 billion to help rebuild Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone following the Ebola epidemic. The U.N. will follow up to ensure the delivery of the money. New pledges include $745 million from the African Development Bank, $495 million from the European Union, $360 million from the Islamic Development Bank, $340 million from Britain, and $266 million from the United States. Liberian President Sirleaf says funds will revive the economies and societies of affected areas.

The world as a whole has a great stake in how we together respond to this global thread. Virus diseases, just like terrorism, know no national boundaries.

28 Oct, 2014

Australia shuts borders

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Australia places a ban on visas for citizens of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The UN, Liberia, and others say this will do little to control the virus’s spread. Sirleaf:

Anytime there’s stigmatization, there’s quarantine, there’s exclusion of people, many of whom are just normal, then those of us who are fighting this epidemic, when we face that, we get very sad,

10 Oct, 2014

Seeks anti-Ebola powers

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Liberian lawmakers are debating whether to grant Sirleaf wider powers to restrict movement and public gatherings. A proposal would give authorities to seize property ‘without payment of any kind or any further judicial process’ to combat Ebola and allow Sirleaf to ‘limit the right to assembly for any reason.’