Africans Complain of Stigmatization Over Ebola
In addition to other instances reported elsewhere, a 26-year-old Guinean woman was allegedly beaten by a group of teenagers in Rome after they accused her of having the deadly virus.
A Stop Ebola sign along a major Monrovia street.
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Liberia:
'Don't Stigmatize' - Liberia's Ebola Survivors Urge General Public
FrontPageAfrica, 22 October 2014
The acting president of Ebola Survivors in Liberia is warning the public against stigmatizing survivors in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Drug Mule Left to Die At Madrid Airport
Daily Trust, 26 October 2014
A Nigerian drug mule has died in a Spanish airport after cocaine bags inside his body split open - because airport staff refused to touch him fearing he had Ebola. Read more »
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West Africa:
Exporting Ebola - Who's Really at Risk?
UNIRIN, 22 October 2014
More than 50 percent of Americans report being afraid of a mass Ebola outbreak on US soil, according to a Harvard poll earlier this month, but health experts say the true risk is… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ebola Ruined Our Lives, Say Survivors
Daily Trust, 21 October 2014
One of the 12 people treated for the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria said surviving the disease has left her traumatised while the stigma has ruined both her studies and business. Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberians in U.S. Face Ebola Stigma
UNIRIN, 17 October 2014
Africans living in the US from the three Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, are under enormous pressure trying to help their families and ravaged… Read more »
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Guinea:
France Screens Flights for Ebola
RFI, 19 October 2014
France has begun screening passengers for signs of Ebola as they arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris on the daily Air France flight from Guinea's capital Conakry. Read more »
InFocus
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News that a man in the United States has been diagnosed with Ebola has raised new fear about the spread of the disease. Read more »
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Around 150 British Army personnel, mostly medics from the Royal Army Medical Corps, are due to arrive in Freetown to join the fight against Ebola. Read more »