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Building African vaccine capacity will take time

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AFRICA

Efforts to build production capacity are emerging as supply deficits leave just 1% of Africans inoculated against COVID

Vulnerability deepens East African food crisis risks

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EAST AFRICA

Increasingly frequent droughts combine with conflict and market disruptions to heighten the risk of regional food crises

Black Sea drama adds to East Africa food price fears

Location:

EAST AFRICA

Amid an already severe food crisis, global and regional pressures have driven regional food prices to record highs

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

Population boom to raise Africa's food-shock risks

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EAST AFRICA

Regional food security faces long-term pressures from climate change and population growth

Powers will fight proxy wars in impoverished Syria

Location:

SYRIA

With the Gaza conflict raging, Syrians face military pressure from all sides, as economic constraints also tighten

Crop eradication will not root out drug crime

Location:

INT

Despite years of efforts to destroy illicit drug crops, cultivation of coca and opium poppy is soaring to record levels