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The economic impact of Ebola

Amid fears a new outbreak of Ebola is widening in Africa, we look at the economic impact.

Amid fears a new outbreak of Ebola is widening in Africa, we look at the economic impact. Dr Kaifala Marah was finance minister of Sierra Leone during the outbreak in 2014, and tells us how his country was affected at the time. Time magazine writer Sally Hayden has just returned from eastern Congo and discusses the efforts underway there to prevent the spread of the disease. And Nebert Rugadya, business editor of Radio One Kampala, in Uganda, describes the chlorinated sprays, temperature checks and health workers in full bodysuits that are becoming an everyday sight on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Also in the programme, Facebook's head of global affairs Sir Nick Clegg, explains new rules the social network wants to introduce to police political adverts, and we get reaction from Rhiannon Williams, technology correspondent for The Independent. Plus our reporter travels to Cyprus to find out how the two divided Turkish and Greek communities on the island have learnt to trade through their troubles.

(Picture: A WHO worker decontaminates an Ebola patient's home in DR Congo. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

27 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Jun 2019 14:32GMT

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  • Mon 24 Jun 2019 14:32GMT