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The real reason Africa can’t feed itself

The real reason Africa can’t feed itself

11 June 2022

9:00 AM

11 June 2022

9:00 AM

  Northern Kenya

 

Claims that Vladimir Putin is stoking famine in Africa is a compelling red herring, which also exposes inconvenient truths about why people are going hungry in the world’s poorest continent yet again. For sure, the Russians are holding up 22 million tons of Ukrainian wheat, have bombarded grain terminals, blockaded shipping and disrupted farming.

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