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Cost of living crisis

The soaring cost of food and energy that is affecting people across the globe.

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Asanda Mankayi, Cape Town resident, in profile, wearing a baseball cap, looking down on the city from an elevated vantage point.

Digital nomads price locals out of Cape Town housing market

Digital nomads price locals out of Cape Town housing market

Concerns rise that an influx of Western remote workers is worsening the housing crisis in South Africa's Cape Town.
SocietyDecember 12, 202403:36 min
Three elderly men sit at a cafe at an outside table. They have small glasses of tea in their hands.

Istanbul's 'pensioner's cafe' provides for poor retirees

Istanbul's 'pensioner's cafe' provides for poor retirees

Due to high inflation, many elderly Turks can barely survive off their pensions. A cafe in Istanbul has a solution.
SocietyDecember 7, 202402:11 min
A view of Nigerian protesters holding Russian flags

Police in Nigeria arrest protesters flying Russian flags

Police in Nigeria arrest protesters flying Russian flags

In Nigeria's Kano State, at least 90 people have been arrested for waving Russian flags at cost-of-living protests.
SocietyAugust 8, 202401:41 min
Traders selling mangoes at a market

Nigerians struggle to make ends meet amid economic crisis

Nigerians struggle to make ends meet amid economic crisis

Economic challenges in Nigeria continue to cause hardship despite reforms being rolled out by the government.
BusinessAugust 2, 2024
A woman fill tubs with red chillies at a market stall

Ivory Coast: Heat wave worsening inflation, precarity

Ivory Coast: Heat wave worsening inflation, precarity

Ivory Coast's economy has long been under pressure. Now, a heat wave is driving prices for basic foods up even further.
BusinessJuly 19, 2024
Protesters gesture at riot cops during protests in Nairobi on July 16, 2024

Thousands protest Ruto's government in Kenya

Thousands protest Ruto's government in Kenya

At least one person has been killed in Kenya during the clampdown on demonstrations demanding that the president resign.
PoliticsJuly 16, 202402:12 min
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Kenia Nairobi | Demonstrationen gegen Regierung von Präsident William Ruto

Kenyans protest on 'Total Shutdown Tuesday'

As police confronted protesters countrywide, gunshot wounds and other injuries were reported in central Nairobi.
PoliticsJuly 16, 2024
An Iraqi vendor offers tomatoes in Baghdad.

How high will 'heatflation' take Middle East food prices?

Extreme heat raises food prices in a phenomenon known as "heatflation." In the Middle East, prices will be even higher.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 4, 2024
Oil rig workers on the job in Stavanger, Norway

UN calls for pay cap for workers in 'destructive industries'

Wages should reflect what a worker contributes to society, the UN has said, calling on governments to intervene.
BusinessOctober 20, 2023
A plain clothes police officer attempts to detain an activist, amid teargas, during a protest

Kenya's planned tax hikes spark anger

Kenyans squeezed by a cost-of-living crisis are enraged by the government's plans to raise taxes.
PoliticsJune 9, 2023
Hundreds of craftsmen demonstrate in Paris towards the Ministry of Finance against the rising costs of energy and raw materials

How company profits are keeping prices high

Inflation is hitting consumers hard. Policymakers are pointing to high company profits as part of the problem.
BusinessApril 5, 2023
A man trying to keep himself warm using a makeshift heater

UK: 'Warm banks' emerge in Britain as temperatures plummet

Warm banks, where people can sit and access free heating, are sprouting across Britain amid a cost-of-living crisis.
BusinessDecember 16, 2022
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