As is the case in Sierra Leone, where we reported recently that tribal chiefs were telling people in their chiefdoms that the Ebola crisis is declining, when in fact, it is ravaging the county -- worldmeets.us/thesalonemonitor000001.shtml -- in Liberia, tribal chiefs are proving to be one of the biggest hurdles to getting the Ebola outbreak under control. The Analyst is reporting that tribal elders are refusing to obey a government order to burn the corpses of Ebola victims, which scientists say carry the virus in its most abundant and contagious form. At a conference sponsored by the Carter Center, the traditional leaders have called on the government to immediately halt the practice, calling it a violation of Liberian culture and traditions. The chiefs and elders of Liberia have said that although the Ebola virus is devastating the country, the government’s decision to burn the dead is in complete violation of Liberian culture and traditions. … The chiefs and elders said it is absolutely wrong and under Liberian culture, abominable, for a corpse to be burned. The traditional leaders have therefore called on the government to immediately halt the practice.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 04:54:37 +0000
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