Ebola survivors sue government of Sierra Leone over missing Ebola millions

Stewardship of $15m in foreign support for deadly outbreak under scrutiny as officials are accused of failing to honour promises

Two Ebola survivors are to sue the government of Sierra Leone in the first international court case intended to throw light on what happened to some of the millions of dollars siphoned off from funding to help fight the disease.

The case, filed with the regional west African court in Nigeria, alleges that a lack of government accountability allowed the disappearance of almost a third of the money that came into the country during the early months of the Ebola outbreak in 2014. It claims that this led to violations of survivors’ rights to health and life.

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