The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) bought about 480,000 metric tons of Russian wheat from trading firm Solaris on Friday
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Somalia is in the direst state
Ukraine and Russia are also among the world’s top exporters of other important food staples.
The embargo against Russia is considered one of the factors behind high food prices
The country’s “unsustainable” trade deficit is likely to widen further as importers struggle to find alternative markets to import basic goods
Putin denounced "pressure" on Gazprom in Europe.
Russian and Ukrainian imports account for 30 percent of all African wheat consumption
Oil and gas prices are surging