Ivory
Coast has closed its land borders with Ebola-affected West African neighbours
Guinea and Liberia in an attempt to prevent the world's deadliest outbreak of
the virus from spreading onto its territory, the government announced.
A
number of African nations have defied advice from the World Health Organization
(WHO) and put in place restrictions on travel to and from the countries where
Ebola has appeared, which also include Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
The
Philippines on Saturday ordered 115 troops to return home from peacekeeping
operations in Liberia due to the outbreak there.
Ivory
Coast, French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, had previously
