The New York Times published on 24 July 2022 an article titled "Russia Tells Famine-Fearing Africa It's Not to Blame for Food Shortages" by Vivian Lee, Anton Troianovski, and Abdi Latif Dahir.
Russia is on a campaign in Africa to convince leaders that it is not responsible for grain shortages on the continent and expressed Moscow's appreciation that they have not joined Western sanctions against Russia. The overwhelming instinct of African leaders is to remain non-aligned and stay out of the confrontation between Russia and the West.
