Blinken flies into 'superpower' battleground in Africa
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken flies to Africa this weekend, days after his Russian counterpart swept through the continent. Both are vying for support over the war in Ukraine.
"People are starving. People are suffering," said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield as she fired a salvo at the Kremlin. "The reason that there is a food insecurity crisis on the continent of Africa at this moment is because of Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine."
Responding to the Biden administration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hit back as he swept through Africa just last week, claiming Africa’s food shortage is "due to the absolutely inadequate reaction of the West, which announced sanctions, undermining the availability of the food on the markets."