Ministers fired in Liberia for defying presidential order to return during Ebola outbreak

Liberia’s president has fired all Cabinet ministers and other top officials who defied her order to return to the country as it struggles with an unprecedented Ebola outbreak.

A statement from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s office did not say how many officials or which ones had been fired. The order to return and remain in Liberia came a few weeks ago as part of a state of emergency.