One of the most popular grievances associated with the Arab Spring in Egypt and Yemen was about increased food prices – a grievance that has caused upheaval in these countries before, and has significant potential to do so again. Admittedly, food price inflation may not be a sufficient condition for Arab Spring-esque revolutions to occur […]
Tag Archive | Food Security
Forecasting the Effects of Food Price Inflation in Egypt and Yemen
Posted on November 25, 2012.
Posted in Food Security, Middle East, Security Issues, World, Yemen
Khat Chewing – Benign Practice or Social Peril?
Posted on February 22, 2015.
A stimulant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Khat is a narcotic leaf that induces mild euphoria upon chewing – an extremely popular custom in Somalia, Yemen, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia. Lucrative business More than 25,000kg of khat is sold each day in Ethiopia’s Adaway Market and is a vital source of […]
Posted in Africa, Drugs, Economic Security, Food Security, Security Issues, World, Yemen
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