China News Service, Beijing, May 26. Comprehensive news: According to a report by Al Jazeera on the 25th, African Union (AU) Chairman Moussa Faki Mohamed said on the same day that Africa has become an indirect victim of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
In his speech on May 25, Africa Liberation Day, Faki said that Africa has become an indirect victim of the distant conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and it has exposed the fragility of our economic structure.
Faki pointed out that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has exacerbated the food crisis that broke out after climate change, as well as the health crisis after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, "a crisis characterized by shrinking world agricultural supplies and soaring food prices."
In Africa, where millions of people have been pushed into extreme poverty by the coronavirus pandemic, the continent has now been hit hard by rising food prices, driven in part by war-related supply disruptions.
Russia and Ukraine reportedly produce about one-third of global production of wheat and barley, and sunflower oil, used for cooking, accounts for two-thirds of global exports.
Earlier, UN Secretary-General Guterres also said during a visit to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, a West African country, that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is exacerbating the "triple crisis of food, energy and finance" throughout Africa, or causing political instability in some parts of Africa. and social unrest.(Finish)
