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Covid-19 disruption exposes supply-chain weaknesses, driving up food prices in sub-Saharan Africa

Many African countries have seen substantial increases in food prices over the past couple of months. In Nigeria, the annual rate of food price inflation hit a two-year high of 15.0% during May. Local newspaper The Guardian noted a surge in wholesale prices: “A 50kg bag of rice that sold for NGN18,000 (USD47) is now

16th June 2020

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