Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation's head office is pictured in Burnaby, British Columbia August 5, 2014. Tekmira, based in Canada, was one of a few companies to have developed Ebola treatments advanced enough to be tested on people. Shares of Tekmi
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation's head office is pictured in Burnaby, British Columbia August 5, 2014. Tekmira, based in Canada, was one of a few companies to have developed Ebola treatments advanced enough to be tested on people. Shares of Tekmira soared on Monday, only to slump on Nasdaq after a CNN report suggested another company was first in line to see its Ebola treatment used to treat an outbreak in Africa. REUTERS/Ben Nelms REUTERS/Ben Nelms

Western pharmaceuticals and the United States Department of Defence have been accused of "manufacturing" the Ebola virus and HIV. The Liberian Observer has published an article written a certain Dr Cyril Broderick, a former professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Liberia, and addressed to the citizens of the world. The article, titled Ebola, AIDS Manufactured By Western Pharmaceuticals, US DoD?, contained the insights of Broderick about Ebola and the alleged involvement of the west. The article has since become viral on social media, especially on Facebook.

Broderick mentioned the World Health Organisation and other UN agencies being implicated in the alleged selection of African countries to hold testing events and promotion of vaccines. He questioned the presence of US biological warfare researchers in Africa and especially in Ebola zones over the years.

He has reportedly read accounts of the U.S. Department of Defence's funding of Ebola trials on humans that allegedly began weeks before news of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea and Sierra Leone broke out. The defence department had been accused of awarding a contract worth $140 million to Tekmira, a Canadian pharmaceutical company, to start Ebola research. The research would involve injecting healthy humans with Ebola virus.

Broderick also cited disturbing reports of the U.S. government keeping a viral fever bioterrorism research laboratory in Kenema, the centre of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The viral article mentioned the alleged involvement of the U.S., UK, Canada and France in the Ebola human trials.

Meanwhile, other speculative reports alleging Ebola as a manufactured virus have also made the rounds in social media. The U.S. may be seeing the Ebola outbreak as the perfect time to expand its military presence in Africa to challenge the investment and influence of China in the continent.

Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies continue to race against time to develop vaccines to contain the worst Ebola outbreak in history. The USA Today reports that there are no proven vaccines for Ebola, but drug companies are hoping governments and aid organisations will fund their research. The outbreak in West Africa has killed over 4,800 and infected almost 10,000 people. The WHO has previously announced that an Ebola vaccine will be released in 2015 as human trials will begin soon.

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