UN: Ebola Threatening Food Security in West Africa

The United Nations is warning that the world's worst outbreak of the Ebola virus has put harvests at risk and sent food prices soaring in West Africa. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization issued the warning Tuesday in a special alert for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak. The FAO said in those three countries quarantine zones and restrictions on people's movement aimed at combating the virus have "seriously...

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