Africa’s development suffers as West prioritises aid to Ukraine
Kenyan activists demonstrate in Nairobi over high prices of basic commodities. Africa is bearing the brunt of the war in Ukraine and remains ill-prepared to deal with the shocks linked to the crisis. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP
Africa is bearing the brunt of the war in Ukraine and remains ill-prepared to deal with the shocks linked to the crisis, including rising food and fuel prices as well as limiting access to critical imports such as wheat, fertilizer and steel.
The war in Ukraine is consuming immense resources from the West and there is increasing pressure on international and multilateral institutions to channel more funding to reconstruction of Ukraine, which is likely to affect the flow of development finance that African countries urgently need.
