Source link Somalia is facing a grain shortage, according to an official from the Food and Agriculture Organization Russian wheat deliveries to Somalia accounted for 23% of the country’s yearly consumption over the past year, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Russian branch, Oleg Kobyakov, told Sputnik in an interview published […]
Source link Egypt and Russia are in talks on creating an international logistics hub for grain in the Suez Canal region, news website Marsal Qatar reported on Tuesday. The facility, linking to one of the world’s busiest waterways, would be used to store Russian wheat and distribute it to nearby countries. On February 15, the […]
Source link According to Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev, the project has become Moscow’s first large-scale humanitarian aid initiative Moscow has completed the delivery of 200,000 tons of free food to six African countries, fulfilling its pledge to assist them in fighting hunger, Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev announced on Tuesday. According to the minister, 25,000 […]
Source link Moscow is reviewing the proposed project, Cairo’s Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has said Egypt and Russia are in talks about establishing a logistics center in the Suez Canal zone for storing wheat supplies from Moscow, Sputnik reported on Monday, citing the North African nation’s Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade. Cairo, […]
Source link The Russia-Ukraine conflict sent global wheat prices soaring, but the continent has been unable to increase its self-sufficiency, an article in The Guardian Nigeria claims Africa’s dependency on imports for food has been growing, a report by The Guardian Nigeria on Tuesday has claimed. The outlet cited Solomon Gizaw, the head of the […]
Source link A donation ceremony took place in Ouagadougou following the delivery of the humanitarian aid Russia has donated 25,000 tons of grain to Burkina Faso as part of a humanitarian aid initiative, Russian Ambassador Alexey Saltykov confirmed on Friday. A ceremony marking the arrival of the wheat took place in Ouagadougou, the capital of […]
Source link Moscow promised to send 200,000 tons of the grain to six African countries last year A second shipment of Russian wheat has arrived in the port of Mogadishu, Somalia as part of a humanitarian effort that will see 200,000 tons of free grain delivered to African nations from Moscow. An official ceremony was […]
Source link Stephane Sejourne expects France to face inflation and a food crisis if Ukraine is defeated Russia could take control over nearly a third of global wheat export if it wins the military conflict with Ukraine, the new French foreign minister predicted on Saturday in an interview with Le Parisien. In such a scenario, […]
Source link Some 25,000 tons of Russian humanitarian grain has been unloaded at the Douala autonomous port in Cameroon and sent to mills to make wheat flour, AfricanNews reported on Friday. This will subsequently be transported to the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR). “African states are appreciating Russia for its approach, its position, its way […]
Source link Egypt continued to purchase Russian wheat in December, African Initiative news outlet reported on Monday, citing data from Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC). According to the report, GASC has purchased 480,000 tons of Russian wheat at an international tender this week. At the previous two tenders, held on December 5 and […]
Source link New Delhi is aiming to drive down domestic food prices, the New Indian Express reports The Indian government is considering allowing the delivery of over a million metric tons of wheat from Russia and could cut import duties by almost half, the New Indian Express reported on Tuesday. The reduction of the import […]
Source link The food aid was handed over to the African country by Russia’s ambassador, Mikhail Golovanov Somalia has taken delivery of 25,000 tons of humanitarian wheat from Russia, according to the East African nation’s news agency, SONNA. A cargo ship carrying the aid arrived in the country’s port of Mogadishu on Thursday. Russia’s ambassador […]
Source link The East African country will become the first recipient of Moscow’s food aid initiative A cargo ship carrying 25,000 tons of humanitarian wheat from Russia will arrive in Somalia in the next few days, the East African nation’s news agency, SONNA, has reported. Russia’s ambassador to Djibouti and Somalia, Mikhail Golovanov, arrived in […]