Food poverty increased in Africa between 40 and 60% in 2022, representing three to four million more people affected by hunger. This, mainly because of the war between Ukraine and Russia.
EFE pointed out that according to the conclusions of the “Africa report” of the Spanish foundation Alternativas, the increase is also due to a “structural situation” linked to the crop system and the international food market.
According to the director of Foreign Policy of Alternatives, Vincent Palaceit is important that Europe play a bigger role in this situation.
“There are no reliable figures, but we are talking about tens of millions of people affected by the situation of food povertywhich no longer only impacts countries that traditionally suffer from it, such as Eritrea or Ethiopiabut has moved to places like Tunisia, Egypt or even Morocco“, held.
The specialist also pointed out that this influences older migratory flowssince he highlighted that a geopolitical moment of great change, there must be a material commitment, investment and help in the digital and green transition of these countries.
Likewise, Palacio said that next July 1, which will begin the Spanish six-month presidency of the European Union, should serve for that country to lead an important change in the European pact on asylum and migration, which is not yet closed.
For her part, the analyst and president of the Puerta de África ideas laboratory, Viviane Ogoumentioned that the report shows that Africa is emerging on the international stage and ceasing to be an instrument of the powers.
In his opinion, the African continent begins to use the struggles between powers and all the tools at its disposal “to assert and implement their interests”which will change the way Africa relates to the world.
“We find a wide variety of countries that diversify their service providers, both military and business, which were previously concentrated in the European Union and the United StatesOgou explained.
Now “there is a great opening towards Russia, although not only, and also China or the Middle East,” said Ogou, who declared the era in which the main trading partners were the old European metropolises of the colonial era to be over.
With information from EFE
Source: Gestion
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