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The cost of eating healthy goes up
Food security gets mixed reviews
Food insecurity is going down, but the cost of eating healthy is going up. That’s the too-long-didn’t-read summary of the UN’s annual food security report, published this week. But that masks a lot of i...
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Dear Reader,
We are foregoing our usual newsletter this week to focus on several pieces of cool content we’ll share with you in the coming weeks and...
The surprising link between the World Cup and conflict
The World Cup’s less visible significance
In March, on the night the Democratic Republic of Congo qualified for its first World Cup in 52 years, thousands of fans ran through rain-soaked streets in Kinshasa. Last November, when Haiti q...
The seismic shift getting little attention
A seismic shift in where people live and work is quietly taking place, with little fanfare. It will reshape the way the world works in ways both big and small. That includes where goods get made and consumed, where fashion and music trends...
Africa Has the Fertiliser Inputs It Needs. So Why Is It Still Vulnerable?
The Strait of Hormuz carries up to 30% of internationally traded fertilisers — and since conflict escalated in late February 2026, exports through the strait have collapsed to less than 5% of pre-conflict levels, sending prices for key inpu...
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