UN to feed up to one million people hit by Ebola

DAKAR (AFP) The United Nations will provide food aid to a million people affected by the Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in west Africa, the World Food Programme said Friday.

At the request of the WHO (World Health Organization) and the governments concerned, we are putting in place assistance for around one million people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, WFP spokeswoman for West Africa Fabienne Pompey told AFP.