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Bogus Ebola 'remedies' including cobra hearts and porcupine eyeballs being sold by African conmen

Liberia: A range of bizarre 'cures' including bathing in saltwater at midnight have also been claimed to fend off the virus which has killed more than 3,000.

Williams said the US mission was planning to build and supply 17 Ebola treatment units across the country, but Liberian authorities would still be leading the effort.

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