World slowly waking up to Ebola crisis
If we weren’t living in such dangerous times, West Africa’s Ebola emergency would not have to do battle with the Islamic State and a belligerent Vladimir Putin to grab world attention.
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British government ministers, diplomats, aid agencies and, reportedly, philanthropists, gather in London to pledge funds to the “race against time” to tackle the ongoing Ebola crisis in west Africa.
If we weren’t living in such dangerous times, West Africa’s Ebola emergency would not have to do battle with the Islamic State and a belligerent Vladimir Putin to grab world attention.
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