Donors pledge $3.4 billion in new funds for Ebola recovery
More than 11,200 people have died in West Africa from the world's worst outbreak of the virus, with a few new cases uncovered in Liberia last month after the country had been declared Ebola-free. By Dominique Faget (AFP/File)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - International donors pledged $3.4 billion in new funds on Friday at a UN conference to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from Ebola.
The latest promises brought the total amount of funds to help the three countries rebuild after the deadly epidemic to $5.18 billion, said Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme.