Impact on Africa of Russian Cancellation of Ukraine Grain Exports

 The Council on Foreign Relations published on 19 July 2023 an analysis titled "Russia Killed the Black Sea Grain Deal.  These Countries Could Suffer Most" by Kali Robinson.  

Ukraine produces about 10 percent of the world's wheat and 15 percent of its corn.  Russia's cancellation of the deal to allow Ukraine to export grain from Black Sea ports will negatively impact a number of African countries.  The percentage of wheat imported from Ukraine as a share of total wheat imports follows:  Libya (49 %), Ethiopia (45 %), Tunisia (31 %), Mauritania (23 %), Madagascar (20 %), Nigeria (18 %), Kenya (14 %), Zambia (13 %), and Uganda (12 %).  

Putin's War Causes Shock Waves among African Food Importers

 The Irish Times published on 16 March 2022 an article titled "Africa Already Paying the Price for Europe's Unexpected War" by David McNair.  

Twenty-three African countries are dependent on Russia and Ukraine for more than half of their staple goods.  This includes 80 % of the wheat imported by Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania, Eritrea, and Benin and more than 95 % of the sunflower oil imported by Algeria, Sudan, and Tunisia.  Putin's war is already driving up prices of these products.