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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
He was then appointed WFP Country Director for Guinea Bissau, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia, after holding the same post in Guinea.<\/p>\n
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