The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, is scheduled to speak with President Vladimir Putin in the south-western Russian city of Sochi in a bid to offset Africa's impending food crisis due to the war in Ukraine.
According to Sall's office, Friday's visit is aimed at "freeing up stocks of cereals and fertilisers, the blockage of which particularly affects African countries" along with easing the Ukraine conflict.
