UN's Ebola pointman in Guinea dies suddenly

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UN's Ebola Pointman in Guinea Dies

World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: November 18, 2014 00:58 IST

Conakry: The United Nations envoy charged with leading the response to the Ebola crisis in Guinea died on Monday, just a month after taking on the role, the organisation said.

Rwandan national Marcel Rudasingwa 59, "died suddenly", Aissata Cisse Yao Yao, of the UN Development Programme, said in a statement which did not reveal the cause.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Rudasingwa Guinea coordinator for the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) on October 8.

A career UN employee, he had worked at the United Nations Children's Fund for 20 years in Kenya, Mali, Guinea and Denmark.
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http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/un-s-ebola-pointman-in-guinea-dies-622237

 

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Reuters is reporting that he died of natural causes.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/17/us-health-ebola-guinea-idUSKCN0J11UT20141117

 

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The administrator of the Ebola crisis dead in Conakry

Guinee7
November 17, 2014

Marcel Rudasingwa ,Rwandan, crisis manager of Ebola in Guinea on behalf of the United Nations reportedly died of a heart attack on Monday morning.
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http://www.guinee7.com/2014/11/17/le-gestionnaire-de-la-crise-ebola-mort-a-conakry/

 

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UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) External Situation Report

18 November 2014

Excerpt:

The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) mourns the passing of Marcel Rudasingwa, Assistant Secretary-General and the mission's Emergency Crisis Manager in Guinea. UNMEER SRSG Anthony Banbury said that in just a short space of time, Mr. Rudasingwa played a pivotal role in the Organization's and the international community's response to the Ebola crisis in Guinea. A Rwandan national and career UNICEF employee, Mr. Rudasingwa passed away on Sunday night in his hotel room in Conakry. It has been confirmed that his death was not related to Ebola.

http://www.un.org/ebolaresponse/pdf/Situation_Report-Ebola-18Nov14.pdf