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World
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Africa
8/16/2023 10:57:59 PM
The United Nations warned Wednesday that the ongoing crisis in Niger could significantly worsen food insecurity in the impoverished country, urging humanitarian exemptions to sanctions and border closures to avert catastrophe.
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World
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Africa
7/24/2023 9:23:05 PM
Nigerians doing their grocery shopping in July 2023 are paying 25% more for staple items than they did a year ago.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/18/2023 10:04:12 PM
Conflict over water in the Fertile Crescent and East Africa due to dam construction and climate change is harming livelihoods, increasing food insecurity, and fuelling international tensions, writes Haitham Nouri
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World
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Africa
6/28/2023 5:19:38 PM
The United Nations said Wednesday it was "ringing the alarm" on the humanitarian situation in conflict-wracked northeast Nigeria, with surging numbers of people needing help.
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World
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Africa
6/20/2023 6:51:43 PM
The United Nations sounded the alarm Tuesday over the worsening hunger situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying time, money and resources to help were all running short.
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World
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Africa
6/11/2023 6:17:51 PM
Climate change is not just a buzzword or a topic for political debates. It is a real and pressing issue that affects every aspect of our lives. The effects of climate change are already being felt worldwide, from rising sea levels to heatwaves, droughts, floods, loss of biodiversity, food insecurity and more.
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World
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International
5/3/2023 11:40:01 AM
More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year due to conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday.
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World
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International
2/25/2023 3:37:07 PM
There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation aout the country’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a correct agricultural policy.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/11/2023 6:22:26 PM
The coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine have disrupted international food supply chains, leading to a food crisis in many countries, including in the Arab world, said the speaker of Egypt's House of Representatives Hanafy El-Gebaly.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
2/3/2023 1:19:00 PM
Africa must be at the centre of plans to deal with global food insecurity, participants at the Dakar 2 Summit in Senegal said this week.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/17/2023 4:42:58 PM
Ukraine's first lady warned world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in the Swiss town of Davos that not all of them were using their influence at a time when Russia's invasion leaves children dying and a world struggling with food insecurity.
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World
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Africa
1/10/2023 8:28:14 PM
The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about a massive food crisis in the Sahel that has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, with more than five million additional people now facing "severe food insecurity."
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
12/23/2022 4:30:00 PM
As the prices of food and agricultural commodities continue to rise as a result of the war in Ukraine, there have been no serious solutions to the problem of mounting food insecurity.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/17/2022 11:49:18 AM
An agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea and aimed at relieving global food insecurity has been extended for 120 days, officials said on Thursday.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/12/2022 6:53:06 PM
About 500 people have died in Nigeria's worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others been displaced from their homes since the start of the rainy season, the government said.
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Business
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Economy
9/21/2022 5:09:51 PM
The Federal Reserve is expected to produce another big increase in interest rates in the second day of deliberations to tamp down the highest inflation in 40 years, while President Joe Biden announced Wednesday another $2.9 billion for a fund to help resolve global food insecurity.
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World
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International
9/21/2022 12:04:12 AM
World leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity, with fears mounting of a disastrous harvest next year due largely to the war in Ukraine.
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Business
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Economy
5/25/2022 3:36:08 PM
Soaring inflation. Russia's war in Ukraine. Squeezed supply chains. The threat of food insecurity around the world. The lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
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World
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Africa
5/25/2022 3:07:00 PM
"This year’s theme, focused on the importance of addressing malnutrition and food insecurity, is important. Across the continent, Africa faces stark development challenges, including food insecurity and increasing malnutrition," the president of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, said.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
5/12/2022 4:40:06 PM
The European Commission proposed helping Ukraine export its wheat and other grains by rail, road and river to get around a Russian blockade of Black Sea ports, which is preventing those critical supplies from reaching parts of the world at risk of food insecurity.
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