The chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, said on Friday that proposals by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide grain to Africa were not sufficient, and that a ceasefire in Ukraine was needed.
In a closing address to a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, he also said Putin had shown readiness to negotiate with Ukraine, and that "the other side" now needed to be persuaded.
That, and Russia's subsequent bombing of Ukrainian grain export facilities and stores, has sent the global price of grain soaring. "President Putin has shown us that he is ready to engage in dialogue and find a solution," he added. "Now we need to convince the other side."
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