Posted on 03/10/2022 9:34:05 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine could exacerbate existing food security concerns in the Middle East and Africa, and may fuel growing social unrest, World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart said.
Germany will host a virtual meeting of agriculture ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies on Friday to discuss the impact of the invasion amid growing concerns about stabilizing food markets.
"There will be important ramifications for the Middle East, for Africa, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, in particular," which had already been experiencing food insecurity, Reinhart told Reuters in an interview.
"I don't want to be melodramatic, but it's not a far stretch that food insecurity and riots were part of the story behind the Arab Spring," she said, adding that successful and unsuccessful coups had increased over the past two years.
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I think Matt was saying something about food problems in Egypt during this week’s TMS Live Stream on Sunday.
Well maybe the deep state globalist neo-cons shouldn’t have started WWIII.
Why Africa? At this pace there will be hunger in Europe by Autumn.
It is time to plant crops, but diesel is through the roof and no fertilizers.
2021 erased from history
2022 everything is Putin caused problem.
Da, PRAVDA!!
Needed to be said twice, I guess.
I’ve seen Egypt riot...not pretty.
Setting the narrative. The green new deal has enabled massive inflation by killing cheap energy. And the pumping of money into the system to buy votes. The narrative that the left is pushing is to blame Putin for it. It was happening long before Ukraine.
Setting the narrative. The green new deal has enabled massive inflation by killing cheap energy. And the pumping of money into the system to buy votes and eliminate freedom. The narrative that the left is pushing is to blame Putin for it. It was happening long before Ukraine.
Has more to do with shutting down the economy for two years, printing money like there’s no tomorrow, and jacking with US oil production.
In other words. World Bank and WEF will start riots and blame them on Putin.
Russia had nothing to do with Joe Biden’s incompetence
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