The Russo-Ukrainian War has entered its 23rd day since the beginning of the war, and now the war is still going on, and the impact of this war, in addition to the two participating countries, tens of thousands of Ukrainians are homeless, the Russian economy is restricted to the point of great economic loss, and their influence on the world continues to expand.
Russia and Ukraine are two countries in Eastern Europe, they are far from the African continent, but the war has also directly affected some African countries, and the impact is even huge. The breadth of influence can relate to the lives of the inhabitants of these countries.
Many African countries have direct trade with Russia and Ukraine, and trade commodities are important daily necessities for residents.
According to statistics, several large economic countries in Africa such as Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria and Kenya are the main exporters and importers of agricultural products from Ukraine and Russia. African countries mainly export fruits and vegetables to Russia and Ukraine, while Russia and Ukraine mainly export wheat flour to African countries. South Africa 7% of citrus and 14% of apples, pears are exported to Russia, Egypt and Tunisia are exporting fruits and vegetables to Russia, and now the economic sanctions imposed by European and American countries on Russia have also directly affected the export of Russian products by these African countries, which has greatly affected their economy.
In other countries, Algerian President Teben announced a few days ago that the export of goods imported by the country is prohibited, which mainly include sugar, oil, pasta, semolina and wheat flour, most of these commodities in Algeria are imported, and Ukraine is one of the main exporters, they are the livelihood of the local people, and now the Russo-Ukrainian war affects the export of related products, for Algeria, these products will be in crisis, so the Algerian president declared this policy is a guarantee for the lives of its own residents Meanwhile, last week, Egypt announced a three-month ban on the export of wheat, flour, pasta and legumes to secure its supply.
The war affected the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, and if african countries imported from Europe and the United States, the cost would be greatly increased, and the prices of these products would increase. An important guarantee for the people in many African countries is that some countries that regulate and subsidize the price of basic daily necessities, if the cost of imports rises, the prices of these goods are bound to rise, and for the people of these countries with extremely low incomes, this has a great impact on their lives. Lebanon, which relies mainly on imports for wheat flour, now has to raise the price of the most important staple food of the people, the flatbread, by 50%, which is undoubtedly a huge pressure on the lives of the local people.
Economists in Africa predict that if the Russo-Ukrainian war is not temporary, the volume of trade transactions between the african continent and other trading partners may decline catastrophically. Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the South African Chamber of Commerce, said that if the war continues, parts of Africa could go hungry within three months, and now that the eastern subregion of Africa has experienced severe disasters, it has hit food prices, and the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war is another bad time for Africa.
The outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War led to a sharp rise in international oil prices, which could lead to more oil revenues for some of Africa's major oil producers, but this was insignificant compared to the negative impact of the war on their lives. So this Russian-Ukrainian war, which seems to be far away from the African continent, has had a heavy impact on Africa. We only hope that the war will end as soon as possible and that the world will be given peace.
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