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Food prices protest: Building storm or pressure relief valve?

Women shopping in a supermarket in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

It is said that over land, the centre of a hurricane, also called its eye, is by far the calmest part of a storm. Skies are mostly clear of clouds, wind and rain. However, that calm is deceptive; a precursor of the deadly destructive force that soon follows.

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