residents living in the West Point district in Monrovia, Liberia, have set-off a revolt, that was put down by military officials, following a controversial government policy that seals-off where they live. It is a desperate Liberian government effort to stem the spread of the Ebola virus. The riots began when a commissioner was allowed to leave the district with her family, while the rest of them were not.
It is a controversial policy known as “cordon sanitaire”.
The West Point district has a population of roughly sixty thousand impoverished residents, and it is one where those who live there have felt marginalized by the government, long before the current outbreak of the Ebola virus. Many had moved from Liberia’s rural districts to West Point following years of civil war in search of employment. Now the district is a no-go area, and one targeted as a district rife with residents believed suffering from the deadly illness.
No comments:
Post a Comment