A quarter of Africa\u2019s population is facing a food-security crisis driven by severe drought, raging wars and a rise in world food prices caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Some 346 million people, from Mauritania in the west to the Horn of Africa in the east, are affected by food insecurity, Dominik Stillhart, the agency\u2019s global operations director, told reporters in Nairobi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we don\u2019t want to see is the response that comes too late, and that is why it is so important to draw attention to the situation now,\u201d Mr. Stillhart said.<\/p>\n
Russia and Ukraine were major grain suppliers before the war, and the conflict is causing pain<\/a> across the developing world, spurring price shocks, constraining imports of basic commodities and causing food shortages<\/a>, with poorer nations in Africa especially affected.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n A quarter of Africa\u2019s population is facing a food-security crisis driven by severe drought, raging wars and a rise in world food prices caused by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday https:\/\/t.co\/KVUqd9HOUr<\/a><\/p>\n — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n