Conflict between Russia and Ukraine has worsened food insecurity in Africa, where around 25 countries are dependent on wheat imports from the battling countries, says a UN official as fight rages on its 142nd day Follow our live coverage:👇
Firefighters take rubbles out of a damaged building following a Russian airstrike in the city of Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine, on July 14, 2022. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine could not have come at a worse time for economies in Africa that have yet to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Vera Songwe, the executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa said in a brief statement.
Since the beginning of the conflict in February this year, oil prices have reached their highest levels since 2008, wheat prices have soared to 14-year highs and fertilizer prices have surged by nearly 30 percent, Songwe said, noting that these macro trends have inflicted “high human costs” on the continent.
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