
The war in Ukraine has the cost of bread skyrocketing in places like the Middle East
State of the World from NPR
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The Food Crisis in the Middle East
Middle East countries import a lot of their food from ukraine and russia. The cost of that food has been rising, and now with the war in ukraine, inflation has gotten even worse. In egypt, the government is trying to fight inflation by raising interest rates just like in the united states. A protracted conflict will be catastrophic for the world's poorest people.
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