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Food prices soar in West Africa amid conflicts and COVID, WFP says

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Dakar, Senegal/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Food prices in West Africa have jumped more than 30 per cent since last year to their highest levels in nearly a decade due to coronavirus lockdowns and a decline in cereal production, the World Food Programme said Friday.  More than 31 million people are expected to become food insecure between June […]