The IMF official has warned that rising food priced due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict could lead to unrest [File: Yuri Gripas/Reuters]
Al Jazeera: IMF: Rising food and fuel prices stoke risk of unrest in Africa
Experts have been sounding the alarm that the Ukraine conflict could lead to food insecurity across parts of Africa.
Surging food and energy prices stoked by the war in Ukraine may lead to “social unrest” in Africa, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
Most countries south of the Sahara are already seeing a slowdown in economic growth from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact will be amplified by the rising cost of cereals and fuel, it said on Thursday.
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