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World
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Africa
12/16/2022 1:39:53 PM
The United States on Thursday committed another $2.5 billion in food assistance to Africa, pledging to help the continent cope with rising prices blamed in part on Russia's invasion of breadbasket Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/10/2022 5:36:32 PM
Minister of Supply Ali Moselhy called on MPs to help the government reform the bread subsidy programme in order to cut wheat imports and reduce pressure on the state budget and foreign exchange reserves.
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World
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Region
7/31/2022 10:22:39 AM
In bankrupt Lebanon, Khalil Mansour has to queue for hours every day just to buy bread for his family and some days he can't afford any.
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Business
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Economy
7/17/2022 9:51:38 PM
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) will continue to bear the difference between the actual cost of production and the price to consumers of subsidised bread in diesel-fueled bakeries, Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi said Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
7/7/2022 9:54:45 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Supply Ali Moselhi has recently said his ministry plans to add sweet potato to subsidised bread due to the global grains crisis. Moselhi's remark made headlines and raised questions among the public about the plan which is still being studied.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
6/25/2022 9:41:02 PM
The prolonged roar of Grad rockets can be heard as locals in the east Ukrainian town of Siversk crowd around a van selling essentials such as bread, sausages and gas for camp stoves.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/18/2022 10:30:38 AM
Russian hostilities in Ukraine is preventing grain from leaving the ``breadbasket of the world`` and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.
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Books
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News
5/24/2022 1:42:23 PM
Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table by Libyan debut novelist Mohamed Alnaas was announced today as the winner of the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).
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World
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Region
5/9/2022 4:57:45 PM
The World Bank approved a $150 million soft loan for food security in crisis-hit Lebanon to stabilize bread prices during the coming months, the economy minister said Monday.
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Business
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Economy
4/25/2022 8:12:46 PM
The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade announced on Monday that it would reverse its decision to cut by 10 percent its supply of local wheat to municipal bakeries starting 1 May.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/5/2022 10:03:16 PM
Allocations for social protection have increased in the new draft budget as well as measures to cushion the repercussions of global price hikes, reports Nahla Abul-Ezz
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/24/2022 7:27:00 PM
The government has announced new incentives for Egypt’s farmers to increase the available wheat.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/23/2022 10:00:00 AM
On Saturday, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi said commodity prices in the local market had not yet been affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war, and blamed recent price hikes on coronavirus pandemic-led global inflation.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/21/2022 3:14:33 PM
Egypt has set fixed prices for unsubsidised bread at outlets and bakeries across the country for three months or until further notice, with violators facing heavy fines, to regulate the market.
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Life & Style
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Food
3/20/2022 5:15:58 PM
A small bakery in northern Italy is trying to do its part to help
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/18/2022 12:38:00 PM
Retail controls, market monitoring, and a ban on the export of strategic commodities are some of the measures being taken to reign in inflation.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/16/2022 4:58:25 PM
Egypt’s cabinet decided on Wednesday to grant wheat farmers an incentive of EGP 65 for each ardeb (1 ardeb is equivalent to 150kg) to encourage them to increase the quantities they sell to the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/15/2022 10:30:00 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has directed the government to enforce price controls for unsubsidised bread nationwide to curb recent price hikes, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement on Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/15/2022 7:00:00 AM
The United Nations chief warned Monday that Russia's war on Ukraine is holding ‘a sword of Damocles’ over the global economy, especially poor developing countries that face skyrocketing food, fuel and fertilizer prices and are now seeing their breadbasket ‘being bombed’.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/8/2022 9:38:11 PM
Two weeks after the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the world, including Egypt, is reckoning up its economic losses from the conflict. In addition to an uncertainty-induced slowing down of investments, disrupted trade, and an outflow of hot money, the world is sharing a common threat – runaway inflation.
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