U.S. takes advantage of global food, energy crisis: scholar

STORY: U.S. takes advantage of global food, energy crisis: scholar DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street view in U.S.SOUNDBITE (English): HESBON HANSEN OWILLA, Media and Communications lecturer, Aga Khan University, Nairobivarious of a petrol stationvarious of grains STORYLINE: A Nairobi-based scholar has said the global food and energy crisis benefits the U.S., which seeks to maintain hegemony. SOUNDBITE (English): HESBON HANSEN OWILLA, Media and Communications lecturer, Aga Khan University, Nairobi "I think to a large extent, I would say that the U.S. is certainly benefiting from the oil crisis that we have today. There's shortage. There are just people who are manipulating, taking advantage of the situation, when the price is high. If the world is trading in the dollar, then it means that any sanction on Russia benefits the U.S. and benefits the agricultural production. The balance of trade, you know, essentially is skewed to