 Senegal's president, Maki Sao, said Russia's Vladimir Putin had told him it was ready to enable the export of Ukrainian grain to ease a global food crisis that is hitting Africa, especially hard. Russia was also ready to ensure the export of its own wheat and fertilizer, Sao said, after it talks in the Russian Black Sea's result of sochi on the 100 of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Sao did not say Putin had attacked any conditions to his offer. Russia had previously said it was ready to allow vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine in return for the lifting of some Western sanctions against it. A proposal that Ukraine had described as blackmail. Africa is heavily dependent on grain supplies from Russia and Ukraine that have been partly disrupted by the conflict. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.