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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>DAKAR, May 25 (Reuters) \u2013 Senegal\u2019s president and African Union chairman Macky Sall said on Wednesday that when he visits Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks he will push them to unblock exports of grains and fertilizer to avoid widespread famine.<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa is suffering from disruptions in food supply and soaring prices of basic goods and risks \u201cdisastrous consequences\u201d if the situation endures, Sall said during a conversation with philanthropist Mo Ibrahim at the Ibrahim Governance Forum.<\/p>\n

Nearly half of Africa\u2019s 54 countries rely on Russia and Ukraine for wheat imports, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Russia is also a major supplier of fertilizer to at least 11 countries.Read full story<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have pleaded for a ceasefire, for an end to the war and for the release of all food products \u2026 so that the world doesn\u2019t know a famine after two years of COVID and almost three months of war,\u201d said Sall. Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are multiple initiatives to call on countries that have (grain) stocks to liberate them \u2026 and to ensure that Russia can authorize the export of cereals from Ukraine and can also export itself. This is the African position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Parts of Africa are already facing record hunger levels, driven by insecurity, climate shocks and the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.L5N2W23Z3<\/p>\n

If food supply blockages were to continue and there was a famine, Sall said: \u201cThe world would not be able to contain the consequences because it would be massive on immigration. It would be dramatic for African countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sall said on Sunday he would visit Moscow and Kyiv in his capacity as chairman of the African Union, which wants peace in Ukraine through dialogue between the two sides.<\/p>\n

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