Russia's war on Ukraine is driving up wheat prices and threatens global supplies of bread, meat and eggs
Russia and Ukraine between them account for almost a quarter of the world's wheat exports.
Russia and Ukraine between them account for almost a quarter of the world's wheat exports.
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2022
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The number of people fleeing violence, poverty and conflict is skyrocketing worldwide and refugees often become permanently displaced. Syria's decade-long civil war has caused millions of people to flee the country, with ...
Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2021
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COVID-19 and the related government-led lockdowns have resulted in widespread economic shock and job loss, in the UK and around the world. Governments, including in low and middle-income countries, have responded with economic ...
Economics & Business
May 13, 2020
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A decade ago, food security in developing countries was regarded as a major challenge. The growing food insecurity in the poorest countries was seen a trigger for large scale migration to richer countries, where it threatened ...
Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as it was swept away by floods.
Environment
Feb 12, 2020
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Floods in southeast Niger have forced 23,000 people to flee their homes since early October, officials said Saturday, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region already wracked by Boko Haram Islamist violence.
Environment
Oct 20, 2019
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"That's it, time to go!" As a rising swell of muddy water creeps towards his house in Niger's capital Niamey, Mamoudou Barkire is finally leaving.
Environment
Sep 04, 2019
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In Lebanon, around 350,000 Syrian refugees don't have access to enough safe and nutritious food. To stem the crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations introduced an electronic voucher system to distribute ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2019
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More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced "acute hunger" last year because of wars and climate disasters, with Africa the worst-hit region, the UN said Tuesday.
Economics & Business
Apr 02, 2019
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The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised".
Environment
Jun 22, 2017
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