Two Leaders Dealing With Ebola Skip Obama Africa Summit

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The presidents of Liberia and Sierra Leone plan to skip President Barack Obama’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit next week to deal with the deadly Ebola virus in their countries.

The schedule for three days of meetings planned in Washington hasn’t been altered by an outbreak that has killed 729 people, mostly in Guinea, where it was first reported, as well as in Liberia and Sierra Leone.