Two sentenced over stealing Ebola money

Two Guinean officials have been sentenced for embezzling more than $56,000 (£42,000) of the country’s Ebola fund. Ernest Paquille Guema, a senior member of the health ministry, was given a two-year sentence and Abdoulaye Sadio Fofana of the communications team on the Anti-Ebola commission received a one-year suspended sentence. The money was originally set aside […]

Two Guinean officials have been sentenced for embezzling more than $56,000 (£42,000) of the country’s Ebola fund.
Ernest Paquille Guema, a senior member of the health ministry, was given a two-year sentence and Abdoulaye Sadio Fofana of the communications team on the Anti-Ebola commission received a one-year suspended sentence.
The money was originally set aside for educating traditional healers on the dangers of the Ebola virus.