According to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States ambassador to the UN, 40 million people will experience food insecurity as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with sub-Saharan Africa suffering the most.
At the G7 conference, the United States obtained $4.5 billion for food security, of which it donated $2.76 billion.
Impact on Africa:
In addition, she said, there are proposals for the U.S. to provide $150 million in new humanitarian development aid to Africa, subject to legislative approval.
In the European war, African nations have mostly refrained from taking sides and have resisted joining Western censure and penalties.
Africans, according to Thomas-Greenfield, “need to know the facts” but “don’t want to be compelled to select a side” in a new Cold War.
While the main drivers of the world’s food supply problems include energy, climate change, pandemics, and war, the “most insidious source” is hunger employed purposefully as a weapon of war, she claimed.
MOSCOW’s STAND:
Moscow denies responsibility for the food crisis and has blamed Western sanctions for slowing its food and fertiliser exports.
Thomas-Greenfield on Friday refuted that claim, instead suggesting that Russia had deliberately taken steps to disrupt global food supply chains while blaming the West.
“We’ve seen no indication that Russia will accept a diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine, she said.
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