Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice last weekend. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0. 99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That's wiped out most of his daily profit. “It is hitting hard,” Isaac told The Associated Press. Like many people across the world, Isaac is one of millions across Africa who are reeling from the economic impacts of the faraway conflict in...
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