Meet the Ukrainians fighting against Russia’s food war on Africa

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Putin’s war has triggered a food supply crisis in Africa. Arthur Snell travels to Ghana and Nigeria with Ukrainian campaigners who are forging alliances with Africans against Russia’s criminality. In a special crossover edition with Doomsday Watch, Arthur discovers how Africa is suffering for Putin’s war, why some African countries are still siding with the Russian tyrant, and how it feels to defend your country when you’re a refugee. Donate to help the Ukrainian human rights campaigners Zmina at zmina.ua/en “In the 21st Century all countries are interconnected… We all depend on one another.” – Oleg Nivievskyi “Think about the cost of living crisis in Western Europe then multiply it maybe five times… That’s the magnitude of the food supply crisis in Africa.” – Arthur Snell “Every tonne of grain from Ukraine counts… The more food instability we have, the more we will see riots, criminality and worse.” – Oleg Nivievskyi “The Netherlands, Belgium, France, the UK all had empires, but you do not pretend to restore your empires. But that is Russia’s political culture. To restore its empire.” – Olexiy Haran Reported and presented by Arthur Snell. Producer Jet Gerburtson. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson, Doomsday Watch music by Paul Hartnoll. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:52.0	One, two, three, four, five. and I'll make sure it's one two three four five in October 22 I found myself in the
1:57.5	lobby of a hotel in Accra Ghana with a delegation of Ukrainian civil society activists.
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