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The Red Cross warns of severe food shortages in Africa

The most dangerous countries today are the Middle East and North Africa, which are heavily dependent on wheat imports.

In Africa, more than 346 million people worldwide experience eating problems. This was announced on Tuesday, June 14 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Twitter.

At the same time, the worst food shortages are observed in Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa, as well as in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia and Chad.

“The situation is troubling,” the organization said in a statement.

It is learned that Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Director of Markets and Trade Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said that the situation around Ukraine could lead to an increase in the number of hungry people in the world. of 11-19 million people in 2022-2023.

Ben-Belhassen explained that countries in the Middle East and North Africa, which are heavily dependent on imports of wheat, vegetables and sunflower oil, are now at the greatest risk.

Earlier, Zelensky proposed a mechanism to insure the world from starvation. According to him, it is too late to respond to hunger when it arrives, so preventive action is needed.

Putin’s weapon The war in Ukraine led the world to famine

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Source: korrespondent

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