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Africa: One Year Later - The Impact of the Russian Conflict With Ukraine On Africa
Africa Renewal, 13 February 2023
Addressing debt while bolstering agriculture, energy access and continental trade could ease burden on struggling economies Read more »
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Chad: Nigerian President - Ukraine War Funneling Arms, Fighters Into Lake Chad Basin
VOA, 30 November 2022
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says the war between Russia and Ukraine is allowing arms and fighters to stream into the Lake Chad region, bolstering the strength of terrorist… Read more »
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Africa: France Calls for African 'Solidarity' With Europe Over War in Ukraine
RFI, 25 October 2022
France has called on African countries to show "solidarity" with Europe in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine. The war has divided the African continent, with nearly half of… Read more »
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Africa: Ukraine, Africa, and Our Planet
AfricaFocus, 9 June 2022
"An end to this terrible war based on dialogue must be the international community's highest priority. Support to the people of Ukraine must be matched by efforts to advance… Read more »
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Africa: The War in Ukraine Through an African Lens
allAfrica, 8 June 2022
From the ‘with us or against us’ frame to the disproportionate fallout of the commodities crisis, these countries are non-aligned for a reason. Read more »
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Africa: Africans 'Victims' of the Ukraine War, AU Head Tells Putin
DW, 3 June 2022
Macky Sall has told the Russian leader the ban on grain and fertilizer is causing a food crisis on the African continent. Russia says the blame lies elsewhere. Read more »
One Year Later - How Russia, Ukraine War Is Still Felt in Africa
Addressing debt while bolstering agriculture, energy access and continental trade could ease the burden on struggling economies. In today's interconnected world, shots fired in one corner of the globe create ripple effects in other, seemingly far, places. One year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, African countries, although physically miles away, have not been spared its aftershocks, Bitsat Yohannes-Kassahun writes for Africa Renewal.
While Africa has over 65% of the world's uncultivated land, it is a net food importer, and as such, has been severely impacted by the rise of global food prices, resulting in increased food insecurity.
Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, food prices across Africa and the world has soared and has led to shortages - particularly of wheat - a staple.
InFocus
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The European Union's foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has urged Pretoria to use its ties with Russia to convince Moscow to stop its war on Ukraine. Borrell's trip to South Read more »
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For Africa, the most visible impact of the war in Ukraine has been rising fuel and food prices, inflation and financial instability. Following the invasion, oil and gas prices rose ... Read more »
Irpin, Kyiv in Ukraine on April 1, 2022 (file photo).
