The German minister has denounced that the excessive costs of meals and power have additionally reached West Africa. “This shouldn’t be solely an assault towards Ukraine, but additionally an assault towards the poorest on the earth,” she said.
Germany’s Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Svenja Schulze has accused Russia of destabilizing Africa by invading Ukraine, which started virtually a yr in the past on February 24, 2022. “This was not solely an assault towards Ukraine, but additionally an assault towards the world’s poorest,” Schulze advised the DPA company from the Ivorian metropolis of Abidjan.
“The shock waves of the struggle, the excessive costs of meals, fertilizers and power have additionally reached West Africa, and lots of different nations within the Global South,” lamented the pinnacle of the portfolio. In addition, she has identified that Moscow “additionally acts in Africa and tries to destabilize complete areas”, after which she has indicated that Berlin wants buddies and allies, additionally on the African continent.
Schulze has said that the German authorities assist Kiev to the extent doable, whereas they haven’t forgotten, he remarks, “the remainder of the world”, extending their “assist to the poorest nations”. “With our growth packages we attempt to strengthen and stabilize societies,” he added.
After spending two days in Ghana, the place he visited, along with the German Labor Minister, Hubertus Heil, one of many largest used clothes markets on the earth, he can be in Côte d’Ivoire till Friday, the place he plans to go to a cocoa plantation.