2014 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence
West Africa Ebola outbreak accelerates
Ebola spread through Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, overwhelming health systems and causing international mobilization.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2014.
Why it matters
It exposed outbreak-response weaknesses before COVID-19.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Ebola spread through Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, overwhelming health systems and causing international mobilization.
It exposed outbreak-response weaknesses before COVID-19.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2014-002
- Date or period
- 2014-03 onward
- Type
- Epidemic
- Focus
- Public health / security
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Monrovia / West Africa, Guinea / Liberia / Sierra Leone
- Coordinate precision
- Regional outbreak coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Ebola virus; local health workers; WHO; militaries
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 6.3156, -10.8074 with the precision label “Regional outbreak coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “West Africa Ebola outbreak accelerates.” World Events record 2014-002. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2014/2014-002/