South sudans lethal cocktail of failed governance, ethnic division, hunger and disease threatens millions of lives. It represents a tragic failure on the part of the rulers of africas newest country, and on the part of the United Nations mission in south sudan which has brought neither peace or anything else. My my guest is the head of that mission, david shearer. What hope there is for the people of south sudan . David shearer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Do you think the world is paying heed to the agonies and suffering of the people of south sudan . I think increasingly so, but there is a competition, obviously, for airtime in terms of disasters around the world. South sudan sometimes, despite the enormous amount of tragedy, sometimes falls off the stage. Right now, there are more than half the population of south sudan in need of food aid. One third of the country is displaced, either in other countries or internally displaced. And the conflict continues on. And this is not a d
South sudans lethal cocktail of failed governance, ethnic division, hunger and disease threatens millions of lives. It represents a tragic failure on the part of the rulers of africas newest country, and on the part of the United Nations mission in south sudan which has brought neither peace or anything else. My my guest is the head of that mission, david shearer. What hope there is for the people of south sudan . David shearer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Do you think the world is paying heed to the agonies and suffering of the people of south sudan . I think increasingly so, but there is a competition, obviously, for airtime in terms of disasters around the world. South sudan sometimes, despite the enormous amount of tragedy, sometimes falls off the stage. Right now, there are more than half the population of south sudan in need of food aid. One third of the country is displaced, either in other countries or internally displaced. And the conflict continues on. And this is not a d
In the European Union. So it is a particular type of cohort you get in britain, which doesnt mean they speak for the whole of british business. Earlier today i interviewed the head of the International Monetary fund, Christine Lagarde, who has been negative about brexit in the past, and i started by asking her if the uk leaving the Single Market would be bad for britain. You have to look at all the parameters. You have to look at the monetary policy, the exchange rate, the interest that would be charged. You have to look at the engines for growth, whether that very solid uk consumption which has held the economy together, and better than we had thought, will last. Whether investment, both domestic and from the rest of the world, will persist, or whether there will be a significant reduction, and under what terms the exports will eventually take place between the uk and the rest of the world. What i know for sure is that theres a lot of work to be done in the coming weeks, months and po
this is important because ukraine is one of the world s largest exporters of key crops, including sunflower, maize, wheat and barley. when russia invaded ukraine in february of 2022, its navy blockaded the country s black sea ports. that trapped 20 million tonnes of grain, sending global food prices skyrocketing. injuly last year, the un and turkiye brokered a deal to get grain flowing again. when shipments restarted, world food prices declined by about 20%. since then, ukraine has exported nearly 33 million tons of cereal crops. ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, said his country wants that to continue. russia is blackmailing the world. this blackmail affects the lives of millions of ukrainians and tens of millions more around the world, primarily in africa and asia.
russia to crimea, and the end of a critical food security agreement. first, the international reaction to russia s pulling out of an international grain deal has been widespread and swift. the black sea grain deal let ukraine ship its grain by sea, despite moscow s naval blockaide. the kremlin s spokesman says the agreement has been halted until russia s demands are met. but ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy remains defiant, saying his ships will sail without russian approval. it could have serious consequences, as we ve seen in the past. that s because ukraine is one of the world s largest exporters of key crops, including sunflower, maize, wheat and barley. when russia invaded ukraine in february of 2022, its navy bloackded the country s black sea ports. that trapped 20 million tonnes of grain, sending global food prices skyrocketing. injuly last year, the un and turkey brokered a deal to get grain flowing again. when shipments restarted, world food prices fell by about 20%.