In the last 12 months one third of the livestock in Somalia has starved to death. 3.6 million cattle have also starved in Ethiopia and Kenya.
30 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are what the UK calls "acutely food insecure". This is not caused by war but it is exacerbated by the consequences of it.
The Maze harvest in Zimbabwe will be down by 44% from last year. The main cause is climate change and climate change is the main cause of food shortages in the continent which has contributed least to the problem but is suffering the greatest impact of it.
While the region faces those issues the war in Ukraine means that the price of food and energy have soared. In much of sub-Saharan Africa food makes up more than a third of their CPI basked for the calculation of inflation. What would usually happen is that, like in Somalia in 2016, the UN's world food programme would prevent famine but 40% of their grain comes from Ukraine. We are facing famine and political instability in the broader region unlike anything we have seen in decades and we've never been worse equipped to deal with it.
If we do nothing then we'll see;
30 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are what the UK calls "acutely food insecure". This is not caused by war but it is exacerbated by the consequences of it.
The Maze harvest in Zimbabwe will be down by 44% from last year. The main cause is climate change and climate change is the main cause of food shortages in the continent which has contributed least to the problem but is suffering the greatest impact of it.
While the region faces those issues the war in Ukraine means that the price of food and energy have soared. In much of sub-Saharan Africa food makes up more than a third of their CPI basked for the calculation of inflation. What would usually happen is that, like in Somalia in 2016, the UN's world food programme would prevent famine but 40% of their grain comes from Ukraine. We are facing famine and political instability in the broader region unlike anything we have seen in decades and we've never been worse equipped to deal with it.
If we do nothing then we'll see;
- Waved of immigrants coming across the Mediterranean
- War and instability and an inevitable move towards extremism
- An increase in the power and influence of China in the region and it's corresponding increased control of critical mineral deposits