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Remote areas of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of the war in Ukraine

By Willem Marx

Published December 2, 2022 at 8:04 AM EST

In a small town in Chad, climate change, regional conflicts and rising commodity prices have driven shortages, which have been exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine many thousands of miles away.

Willem Marx

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