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Africa: COVID-19: Our hungriest and most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”

Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO’s Emergency and Resilience Division, explains the particular challenges COVID-19 poses in vulnerable communities already coping with high levels of hunger due to pre-existing crises – and how the Organization is gearing up to help.


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