Ebola overruns Congo: Washington wants Europe's borders shut, Brussels says no

Germany

incl. 2 state outlets

3 SOURCES

Multilateral refusal front · 4 of 6 countries

Berlin connects Ebola, the American financial retreat from the UN, and the health risk to the World Cup

Brazil

3 SOURCES

Global South reading of the crisis · 2 of 6 countries

Brasília blends South-South solidarity, the memory of health misinformation and worry over the World Cup's image

United States

4 SOURCES

Washington builds a health-fortress logic while its own aid cuts weaken the response at the source

France

incl. 1 state outlet

4 SOURCES

Multilateral refusal front · 4 of 6 countries

Paris calls the US strategy 'excessive' and relays Europe's refusal to bar Congolese travelers

Nigeria

3 SOURCES

Multilateral refusal front · 4 of 6 countries

Abuja mobilizes 10 billion naira and relays the WHO against border closures, as an African giant organizing itself

United Kingdom

4 SOURCES

Multilateral refusal front · 4 of 6 countries

London links the field shortage of tests to the troubling 'health deals' Washington imposes on Africa