By Adrienne Klasa AS the Ebola virus continues to spread across western Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that the public health emergency could lead to food shortages.
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West Africa: Ebola Outbreak Sends Food Prices Shooting Up
Disruptions in food trade and marketing in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have made food increasingly expensive and hard to come by, while labor shortages are putting the upcoming harvest season at serious risk, FAO warned today. In Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, quarantine zones and restrictions on people’s movement aimed […]
Hackers On The Loose As Ebola Spreads
HACKERS are making the most of the raging Ebola virus to launch phishing attacks on unsuspecting victims. As the disease spreads to more countries and cities in the region, leading cyber security firm, Cyberoam warned that hackers were using news and informations about the disease to hack into people’s computers. The firm said its findings […]