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The Human Costs of the Food Crisis:

ActionAid research has found that the cost of food, fuel and fertiliser in some of the world’s most overburdened communities has risen as high as 900%
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ActionAid condemns Israeli Raids on Palestine’s Jenin Refugee Camp

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ActionAid report: Food and fuel prices skyrocket up to tenfold in the world’s most marginalized communities since the war in Ukraine

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ActionAid statement on New Global Financial Pact Summit

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The ripple effects of rising prices and the climate crisis: Shazida’s story

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Beyond affordability: a dual crisis for young women in Nigeria

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Farming her way out of the price rise crisis: Rina’s story

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ActionAid condemns Israeli Raids on Palestine’s Jenin Refugee Camp

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Statement on the armed attack on Kasese School 

On the night of Friday 16th June 2023, Lhubiriha Secondary School, in Southwestern border town of Mpondwe, Kasese district was attacked
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Communities in Western India brace themselves as over 74,000 people evacuated ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall in India and Pakistan

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