US and Russian defense ministers have spoken for the first time since the war began

United Nations warn of global food shortages

The United Nations (UN) are warning of a worsening of the global food shortage in view of the ever-rising wheat prices. The crisis is already obvious, especially in the Middle East and in some parts of Africasaid the director of the UN World Food Program WFP, Martin Frick, to Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in the “Interview of the Week” on BR24. He made it clear that, in addition to the climate crisis, he currently sees the trigger primarily in the Ukraine war.

Even in times of peace, Ukraine feeds 400 million people worldwide, Frick recalled: “It is tragic that six and a half million tons of wheat are stranded in the Ukrainian Black Sea ports alone.” These were urgently needed but could not be exported due to the war.

Ukraine has been an important grain supplier for countries in the Middle East and Africa. In Lebanon, but also in the regions south of the Sahara affected by persistent drought, people can hardly afford grain anymore. (KNA)