Ebola Claims Another Victim: Economic Growth

The Ebola crisis may have begun in Guinea, but Liberia is among the hardest hit – with more than 13 hundred cases reported.  Fear of the disease is spreading. The planting season is being disrupted as workers flee from the farms, and trade and transportation has come to a halt where villages and border areas are quarantined. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says as a result, food prices in Liberia are rising. It says the cost of the staple cassava has increased by 150...

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