In Nairobi, the Sierra Leon team’s been barred from entering a plane bound for the Indian Ocean island.

The Confederation of African Football confirmed Seychelles withdrawal in a statement without giving a reason.

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma’s declared a state of emergency and ordered the military to enforce the quarantine of parts of his country….

….as has Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who has also barred football matches and practices to avoid the human contact spreading the deadly haemorraghic disease that started in Guinea in February.

Both Koroma and Sirleaf have scrapped plans to travel to Washington for next week’s US Africa summit.

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