AFRICA NEWS - Liberia: President dismisses top officials who ignored call to return home

2014-08-27 2

No-nonsense President Sirleaf runs out of patience with top officials overseas who dragged their feet over a call back to Liberia to help lead the response to the Ebola epidemic. Also, the US says it knew that the UAE and Egypt were behind air strikes on Tripoli earlier this month. Finally, the world market for synthetic hair is a fickle one. Until now, it's been dominated by Asian business, but we meet one African with his eye on the prize.


Programme produced by Georja Calvin-Smith and Mary Colombel

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