Ex Malawi president has promised to help Kyiv identify nations that badly need exports as Ukraine tries to counter Russian influence in Africa
oyce Banda, a former president of Malawi, hailed the “love affair” between Ukraine’s leader and its people as she promised to help Kyiv identify African countries badly needing the country’s grain exports.
“like the northern part of Kenya, that didn’t get rain at all the past season”, meaning they need more help than ever with food security. “Personally I didn’t know that Ukraine produces 10% of the global grain that we require”, Banda said. Now, as part of her ambassadorial role, she would seek to identify the parts of Africa most at risk of famine to help the European country organise supply to them., badly disrupted by Moscow’s invasion last year. Shipments from Black Sea ports have resumed, but Ukraine’s overall harvest is expected to be sharply down from 86m tonnes in 2021 to 49.5m tonnes in 2023.
“Leadership is a love affair. You must fall in love with the people you serve, and the people must fall in love with you. When that happens, you will never stand by … if you fall in love with somebody, you will never stand by and watch that person be abused, be exploited be tortured,” the former president said.
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