Something I have been wondering for a few years now before the whole DOGE, USAID thing.

When the war in Ukraine started I heard Africa was relying on imports for food up to 85%.

There are no word to describe how horrifying this is. To this day I still cannot believe it. 50% would sound intolerable to me.

My question is: do we have reliable data on this ? flow of food to and within Africa?

Also, if this is true, how can we deny the absolute failure of the West but also Russian and Chinese development efforts in Africa over the last 50+ years. I do understand that wars can disrupt those efforts but the whole continent is not constantly at war.