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Diet-related health risks are set to rise globally

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INTERNATIONAL

One contributory factor to rising obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, has been the rising cost of a healthy diet. Over the past 20 years, the average…

China will push for greater self-reliance in food

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CHINA

President Xi Jinping last year called for "a sense of crisis about food security”. Behind such statements lies an awareness of environmental threats and natural disasters, a…

Nigerian border reopening would offer some respite

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NIGERIA

Nigeria’s land borders have been closed since August 2019, officially to check indiscriminate smuggling of goods into the country. The closures have been blamed in part for rising…

COVID-19 will complicate African food security picture

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AFRICA

The pandemic’s secondary effects on socio-economic conditions in Africa may be as dangerous as the health effects

Russia's eastern land giveaway scheme may be expanded

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RUSSIA

The scheme has had surprising levels of take-up even though the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) is among the harshest and least well connected territories. Settlers are…

Insecurity will limit Sahel-coastal West Africa trade

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WEST AFRICA

Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…

Croatia will watch whether euro adoption raises prices

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CROATIA

After implementing its anti-inflationary stabilisation programme in 1993, Croatia recorded stable and modest inflation rates. That changed in 2022, when inflation accelerated…

Ghana’s Akufo-Addo faces economic diplomacy challenges

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GHANA

However, the success of Akufo-Addo's second term could depend in large part upon effective economic diplomacy with regional and international trade partners now the African…

COVID-19 poses supply chain dilemma for East Africa

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EAST AFRICA

Kenya and Tanzania, whose ports are the main gateways into the region, offer a critical trade conduit for their landlocked neighbours. However, rising COVID-19 caseloads in both…