'Grave concerns' over food shortages in Ebola-hit nations: UN

By Frankie Taggart
Updated September 3 2014 - 7:08am, first published 4:42am
Health workers load the body of an amputee suspected of dying from the Ebola virus on the back of a truck, in a busy street in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: AP Photo
Health workers load the body of an amputee suspected of dying from the Ebola virus on the back of a truck, in a busy street in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: AP Photo
A woman washes her child with salted water in a suburb of Abidjan, relying on a rumour that was spread in the area claiming that salted water helps to fight against the Ebola virus. Photo: AFP Photo
A woman washes her child with salted water in a suburb of Abidjan, relying on a rumour that was spread in the area claiming that salted water helps to fight against the Ebola virus. Photo: AFP Photo

Dakar: The United Nations warned on Tuesday of "grave food security concerns" in the west African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak as the deadly epidemic caused labour shortages and disrupted cross-border trade.

Restrictions on movement in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has led to panic buying, food shortages and severe price hikes, especially in towns and cities, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said.

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