A woman checks bread in Cairo. In Egypt, bread is a staple food for tens of millions and soaring prices have sparked serious unrest in the past. Photo: Reuters
A woman checks bread in Cairo. In Egypt, bread is a staple food for tens of millions and soaring prices have sparked serious unrest in the past. Photo: Reuters
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Drums of war drown out cries of hunger

  • Conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two of the world’s biggest wheat and corn exporters, raises the spectre of famine in Africa

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Updated: 6:28am, 26 Mar, 2022

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A woman checks bread in Cairo. In Egypt, bread is a staple food for tens of millions and soaring prices have sparked serious unrest in the past. Photo: Reuters
A woman checks bread in Cairo. In Egypt, bread is a staple food for tens of millions and soaring prices have sparked serious unrest in the past. Photo: Reuters
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