African business leaders raise millions for Ebola crisis fund

Against the backdrop of thousands of deaths as Ebola continues its rampage in West Africa, some of the continent’s leading businessmen have established a crisis fund to help the countries worst hit by the deadly virus.

At a pledge meeting held over the weekend in Addis Ababa, the business executives raised US$28.5 million to deploy at least 1,000 health workers to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
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