Food Security: Conflict and Ebola Outbreak Threaten Food Security in Africa

Oct 14, 2014 | Derrick Mbatha, United Nations
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The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa and conflict in South Sudan are causing food shortages, according to the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Kanayo Nwanze told reporters in New York on Monday that in South Sudan where 1.7 million people have been displaced by conflict, there is concern that famine will strike.