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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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World: The Coronavirus will worsen the hunger crisis (Shafaqna) 

April 03, 2020

Shafaqna (South Africa) published an article on the hunger crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic. IFPRI blog post, Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency explained that about 820 million people around the world are currently suffering from hunger. The consequences of the measures imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic are worsening the difficult nutrition situation and acting as an accelerator of the crisis. Republished by Nigeria News, ReliefWeb, EPO.com (Germany).

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