W.Africa feels knock-on effects of battle against Ebola

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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/west-africa-feels-knock-effects-battle-against-ebola-141851772.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nI30XioHlBa7CjpcbrHCfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par7947981-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Liberia's Health Minister Walter Gwanigale (right) washes his hands as he arrives to attend an emergency meeting in Monrovia, on August 9, 2014" align="left" title="Liberia's Health Minister Walter Gwanigale (right) washes his hands as he arrives to attend an emergency meeting in Monrovia, on August 9, 2014" border="0" /></a>West Africa is counting the cost of measures to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic, as unprecedented restrictions cause food shortages, transport snarls and soaring prices, sparking fears people could die of hunger. &quot;We are trying to cope,&quot; said Joseph Kelfalah, the mayor of Kenema, in an eastern district of Sierra Leone that is under strict quarantine along with nearby Kailahun, but he added that food prices were &quot;escalating&quot;. Tribal authorities are imposing huge fines for failure to report cases of Ebola, which has claimed nearly 1,000 lives in west Africa in the worst outbreak in four decades. &quot;Only essential officials and food items are being allowed in after intensive searches,&quot; deputy police chief Karrow Kamara told AFP.</p><br clear="all"/>

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