Despite what some simple minded think, it is not fat Americans and fat europeans that will go hungry no matter how bad things get.I would not gloat of I where you.
Your country would be the first to suffer . It is always the weak and poor that suffer Most when there is a world crises. You can thank Putin for that.
War in Ukraine exacerbating food crisis in the Horn of Africa
The impact of the war in Ukraine is worsening the devastating food crisis for millions of people in the Horn of Africa, Islamic Relief is warning.
Around 14 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are already in urgent need of aid due to the region’s worst drought in almost 40 years. The failure of three successive rainy seasons has destroyed livelihoods and forced families to leave their homes in search of food and water.
Now, staple foods such as wheat are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive as trade routes from Ukraine and Russia are severely disrupted. Many countries in the region usually import 60-80 per cent of their wheat from Ukraine. With these imports disrupted, the price of bread and other staple foods is rapidly rising, affecting the poorest families most of all.
Aid agencies’ limited funds are being stretched further as prices rise. In Somalia, Islamic Relief has had to reduce the number of people receiving vital food deliveries at the start of Ramadan, because there is not enough funding to match the rising prices. One thousand families will not be able to receive food aid as a result.
Aliow Mohamed, Islamic Relief’s Country Director in Somalia, has recently visited camps in Baidoa, where people have fled the drought to try and find aid. Islamic Relief teams in the camps are providing food and shelter. He said:
“We’ve had to reduce our food distributions by 1,000 families because of the drastic increase in food prices since the start of the Ukraine war. Prices have risen by 30 percent, and the cost of a 25kg bag of rice has gone up from $15 to $22.
“Life inside the camps is tough, and some people do not eat for a day or two. People share the food they receive from aid organisations such as Islamic Relief because there isn’t enough aid for everyone. Last week a family told me that they did not eat for two days because their neighbours who used to give them food are no longer receiving aid. The situation is bleak.
“Children and women are most affected. I met one woman who had walked for a month to reach the camp and she was eight months pregnant. We are seeing a rise in cases of child malnutrition as food becomes increasingly expensive.
“Islamic Relief provides families with cash assistance so they can buy food in the local markets. $70 a month used to cover the basic food needs for a family of six people – now, because of rising prices, families need at least $100 a month.”
Islamic Relief is calling on international governments to act quickly and support efforts to address the growing hunger crisis in the region.
In Ethiopia, the drought and internal conflict has left huge numbers of people in need of food aid. Millions of people from the east of the country have had to migrate to the capital Addis Ababa to try and escape the drought, straining the city’s limited resources. Now the impact of the Ukraine crisis is pushing even more people into destitution.
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War in Ukraine exacerbating food crisis in the Horn of Africa - Ethiopia
News and Press Release in English on Ethiopia and 4 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and more; published on 4 Apr 2022 by Islamic Reliefreliefweb.int
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Stop diverting and let returned back to the original thread. I am sorry I digressed in replying to Turtle
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So Russia has been officially defeated in Ukraine, they will withdraw to some 15% of E Ukraine and stay there. What i dont understand is why the Russian generals did not realise this before hand? The impacts of sanctions? Western support for Ukraine? Etc.
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The point is right now, all the sanctions imposed by the US and EU is not working as the Ruble has now returned back to the level before the invasion.
80 Ruble to a dollar. And Putin is as popular as ever in Russia.
But high inflation is affecting every European today. Many companies may not recovered and may be closed.
So the "Regime Change" admitted by Biden in Poland and denied by her Secretary of State is both funny and clumsy.
80 Ruble to a dollar. And Putin is as popular as ever in Russia.
But high inflation is affecting every European today. Many companies may not recovered and may be closed.
So the "Regime Change" admitted by Biden in Poland and denied by her Secretary of State is both funny and clumsy.
But Ukraine did launch an attack on russia and blew up its oil storage facilities with helicopters.
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Stop replying to that racist. He even ask me why I live in Canada. That is so racist.
Very limited in scope. There were no civilian casualties and the amount of oil lost is a drop in the bucket compared to Russia's oil production.
Seems to be more compared to what Turkey annexed from Syria in northern Syria around Afrin and Bab.
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I did not expect that far back, but if you think your China will use that as model for a blockade of Taiwan, I hope the entire PLA leadership is filled with people like you.
If you had rubles, you will not be able to exchange them for USD anywhere for that price. The real price is 3 times higher. Have a try ion you down believe me. Buy some rubles and try to change them for USD anywhere and see how you go.
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Symbolic or not , it shows Putin's isolation on this matter.
Even more countries voted to condemn Russia - 141 countries to be exact.
Your own country , Somalia , voted against Russia on both votes . . .
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There is Chinese technology which is growing rapidly, we are not like whats happen 10 years ago. Sure, many of their project will face huge hurdle like in their aerospace industry ( civilian aircraft ).
Thanks God Indonesia doesnt buy Sukhoi superjet 100
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For oil there will be some shocks as not only related to transaction system but also the amount of refinery in the world that can process Russian oil which is in majority are still in Western Europe.
Regardless of that in term of currency for transaction, countries will find the solution. Just like how Russia-China can do it by using Yuan and Rubel, and also India as I have heard try to do the same.
The best thing Westerners must do is to struct deal with Iran as soon as possible, they are the one that make this energy crisis mess, they have option to soften the impact of Russia invasion which has been effecting all countries
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