Mauritania closes border with Mali over Ebola fears

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Mauritania closes border with Mali over Ebola fears

By Adama Diarra and Kissima Diagana BAMAKO/NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania has closed its border with Mali to prevent the spread of Ebola, officials said on Saturday, highlighting fears of further contagion in West Africa after a girl from Guinea died of the disease in Mali this week. Earlier, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said that his country would not close its border with Guinea despite the girl's case, which may have exposed many to the disease as she travelled hundreds of kilometres through Mali - including a stop in the capital Bamako - on public transport. ...

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