Abdou Dieng, a Senegalese economist by training has been chosen to manage the Ebola crisis response effort in Guinea. Dieng replaces Marcel Rudasingwa from Rwanda, who died recently in a hotel room in Conakry.
Chief Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR) from December 2013 to May 2014, Mr. Dieng will join the UN Mission for Emergency action against Ebola to ensure a rapid and effective international response to the epidemic in the country, the United Nations said in a statement.
Since 1994, the 59 year old has been working within the World Food Program (WFP), where he held various logistical positions in Angola, Italy, Haiti, Nicaragua and Cameroon.
He was then appointed WFP Country Director for Guinea Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia, after holding the same post in Guinea.
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