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Food aid makes for healthy public relations

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, leading political figures and entrepreneurs are finding that food donations are good for their image. [...]

Published on 15/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Brice Laccruche Alihanga
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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Gabon
Food aid makes for healthy public relations

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