IRAQ: Food Crisis Hits Fallujah

Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.“This is a country that was damned by the Americans the moment they stepped on our soil,” Burhan Jassim, a farmer from Sichir village just outside Fallujah told IPS. “This is Iraqi land that has always been blessed by [...]

Rwanda: Looming Food Crisis As Prices Soar

Despite increased production of foodstuffs in Rwanda, the urban population is faced with soaring prices partly fueled by chaos in the internal distribution management.
According to a mini market survey East African Business Week carried out in some wholesale and retail shops and markets in Kigali city last week, since January, wholesale and retail prices of [...]