ISS TODAY ANALYSIS: Food crisis — Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff

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ISS TODAY ANALYSIS: Food crisis — Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff
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Russian president Vladimir Putin assured the African Union that Russia would ease grain shortages, but the arrangement is far from straightforward.

: “We have seen the reports of Russia stealing Ukrainian supplies, including maritime automatic identification system records that indicate that Russian commercial cargo vessels are departing from near Ukraine with their cargo holds full of grain.” The official added that Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Russia had seized 400,000 to 500,000 tons of Ukrainian grain worth over $100-million.

But the paper also quoted Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who denied Kenya had received any US alert. “Why would they need to warn us in the first place?” he texted. “Why would anyone buy looted anything? This sounds like a propaganda ploy.” As Sall told Putin on Friday, Africa has tried to keep out of this war. But there are limits to neutrality, particularly if Russia is fuelling a food crisis so it can look like a saviour.

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