Guinea's Conde replaces key minister to boost Ebola fight

Guinean President Alpha Conde on Tuesday replaced the minister of territorial administration with an army general in a move the government said was necessary to strengthen the fight against an Ebola outbreak in the West African nation. A statement read on state-owned television announced the appointment of General Bourema Conde, considered to be among the president's closest allies in Guinea's army. More than 14 months after the first Ebola case was reported in Guinea's forest region, the government still faces pockets of often violent resistance to the campaign against the epidemic, undermining its plans to rebuild the health sector and economy. The disease has killed a total of 2,091 people in Guinea since the outbreak was first identified, according to data released by the World Health Organisation on Wednesday.



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