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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/18/2022 10:30:38 AM
Russian hostilities in Ukraine is preventing grain from leaving the ``breadbasket of the world`` and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/15/2022 3:36:58 PM
Russia has disproved the G7 joint statement of halting wheat exports, including to Egypt, saying that it is committed to continue delivering its wheat supplies to Egypt without interruption, the Russian ambassador to Egypt said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/15/2022 9:43:00 AM
Homegrown wheat is filling up government silos and helping Egypt to reach its targets for the local crop.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/14/2022 9:52:09 PM
The Ambassadors of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the EU in Cairo announced on Tuesday that the G7 countries are supporting Egypt in the current grain crisis that hit the world following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/13/2022 10:11:16 PM
The United Nations on Monday begged world trade ministers meeting at the WTO not to impose export restrictions on food for humanitarian purposes, amid a food security crisis.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
6/13/2022 11:45:10 AM
Nadiia Ivanova should have been harvesting her crop soon. But so far on her farm in southern Ukraine, she has only managed to collect bombshells.
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Egypt
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Society
6/12/2022 8:06:18 PM
Egypt’s Safaga seaport announced on Sunday that it received a new shipment of 63,000 tonnes of wheat coming from France.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/9/2022 3:49:14 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for Russia to be expelled from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, blaming Moscow for spurring the global grain crisis by invading his country.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/8/2022 1:00:44 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow was ready to ensure the safe passage of vessels from Ukraine as concerns mount over grain stuck in Ukrainian ports.
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World
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International
6/5/2022 2:30:36 PM
At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing as freighters and oil tankers sail from the heart of Istanbul to Russian and Ukrainian ports.
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Egypt
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Society
6/4/2022 6:18:09 PM
Egyptian officials denied on Saturday that Egypt was going to receive a shipment of Indian wheat coming from Turkey after being rejected by Turkish authorities for not meeting safety standards and specifications.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/3/2022 6:18:26 PM
African Union head Macky Sall said Friday he was "reassured" after talks in Russia with President Vladimir Putin on food shortages caused by fighting in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/3/2022 2:33:16 PM
African Union head Macky Sall on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take into account the suffering in African countries from food shortages caused by the conflict in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
6/3/2022 1:33:59 PM
The Kremlin says that Ukrainian grain supplies to world markets will be part of the agenda for Russian President Vladimir Putin's talks with the chairman of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall.
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Business
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Economy
6/2/2022 9:24:50 PM
Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a contract to purchase 465,000 tons of wheat from Russia, Bulgaria and Romania in what is reportedly the country’s largest wheat purchase since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February.
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World
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Africa
6/2/2022 10:28:55 AM
The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, will speak with President Vladimir Putin in the southwestern Russian city of Sochi on Friday, Dakar said.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/1/2022 3:44:49 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for quick and decisive action to ensure a "steady flow of food" as the war in Ukraine has disrupted global food and energy markets.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
5/31/2022 4:18:48 PM
Russia, one of the world's top grain producers, is using export disruptions caused by sanctions to boost its reserves, the chairman of the country's grain union said Monday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/30/2022 6:24:16 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Moscow was ready to work with Ankara to free up maritime shipping blocked over the conflict in Ukraine.
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World
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Africa
5/30/2022 10:15:00 AM
It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few months ago to buy the wheat flour she uses to make breakfast each day for her 11 children in Somalia's capital.
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