Africans ‘victims’ of the Ukraine war, AU head tells Putin
By DW
05 June 2022 |
10:04 am
Macky Sall has told the Russian leader the ban on grain and fertilizer is causing a food crisis on the African continent. Russia says the blame lies elsewhere.
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