Food crisis fears: War drives up cost of wheat globally
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French President Emmanuel Macron says he expects there will be famine in Africa because of the war in Ukraine. Middle Eastern and North African countries rely heavily on wheat from Russia and Ukraine, which account for 30 percent of global wheat exports. The region was already struggling with economic crises and rising import costs. Al Jazeera’s @Zeina Khodr reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Russia #Ukraine #FoodCrisis