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Uganda, Egypt discuss Iran war impact on Africa's energy and food prices

Uganda's state minister for foreign affairs has met with Egypt's foreign minister in Cairo to discuss how the ongoing war involving Iran is affecting Africa's energy security, inflation and food prices.

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00:00Uganda's third Minister for Foreign Affairs met with Egyptian Foreign Minister in Cairo to discuss how the ongoing war involving
00:08Iran is affecting Africa's energy security, inflation and food prices.
00:12The meeting comes as Egypt looks for ways to cut back on oil-powered electricity.
00:20There was also an opportunity to address a number of original issues, including the war and its repercussions on Africa
00:27in terms of energy security.
00:30As well as waves of inflation and rising food prices resulting from disruptions in the transport of key inputs, particularly
00:39fertilizers needed for agriculture.
00:41We also discussed several crises, especially the situation in Sudan, developments in the Palestinian issues and conditions in the Horn
00:49of Africa and the Red Sea region.
00:52Global energy prices have signed since February 28 when the U.S. and Israel launched massive airstrikes on Iran.
00:58We discussed about the current prevailing conflict in the region.
01:05I wish and pray for security and stability and God protect Egypt in these difficult times.
01:13We discussed about the challenges that are emerging through the lack of the shortage of petroleum and petroleum products, how
01:24it's affecting our economies through shortage of petroleum, not only by high cost of prices.
01:33Several African countries have been impacted by the war with rising fuel prices amid shortages due to the closure of
01:42the Strait of Homo.
01:43Too many.
01:46matter with theü streamingEN
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