UnitedStatea Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/unitedstatea/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 UnitedStatea Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/unitedstatea/ 32 32 Africa’s first elected woman president is confident COVID 19 can be defeated https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/africas-first-elected-woman-president-is-confident-covid-19-can-be-defeated/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/africas-first-elected-woman-president-is-confident-covid-19-can-be-defeated/ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who led Liberia through the EBOLA virus that killed 5 000 of her compatriots, says the COVID 19 pandemic calls for another show of international solidarity. Africa’s first elected woman president, who stepped down four years ago, recognizes the errors in the initial response to coronavirus because they replicate the mistakes made […]

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]]> Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who led Liberia through the EBOLA virus that killed 5 000 of her compatriots, says the COVID 19 pandemic calls for another show of international solidarity.

Africa’s first elected woman president, who stepped down four years ago, recognizes the errors in the initial response to coronavirus because they replicate the mistakes made when EBOLA hit West Africa in 2014 and killed more than 11 000 people.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her 12 years at the helm in Liberia – and particularly dealing with EBOLA – taught her that the crisis can only be saved with courage and concerted action.

The United Nations World Health Organisation, the United States government and her counterparts the Guinea and Sierra Leone defeated EBOLA together.

She’s confident that with solidarity, COVID 19 will also be beaten

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