How the war in Ukraine leads to more child marriages in Africa
In this edition, food inflation is preventing young Nigerian school girls from attending school, potentially pushing them into early marriages.
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THE STORY
Since December 2016, free school meals have fed millions of students across Nigeria, reducing malnutrition, increasing enrollment, keeping kids in school and creating tens of thousands of jobs. That undeniable progress is now under threat because crucial grain exports from Russia and Ukraine are being used as tools of both diplomacy and war.
Last week, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov complained that the Black Sea grain deal, brokered in July to permit Ukraine to safely export agricultural products to global markets, was not benefiting his nation. With the deal up for renewal on May 18, Lavrov said that unless Russia is allowed to export grain and fertilizer without impediment, the deal would not be renewed. He blamed the deadlock on Western intransigence.