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Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.

Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth. Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production. Now, rice prices are soaring, and it's putting the most vulnerable people in some of the poorest nations at risk.

Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth. Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production. Now, rice prices are soaring, and it's putting the most vulnerable people in some of the poorest nations at risk.

Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.

Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth. Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an\u00a0agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat.