Ukraine Grain Deal To Consider African Nations In Need

Turkey's president says a deal to free up grain exports from Ukraine will consider African countries struggling with supplies. <br />Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had discussed sending grain to African countries. <br />Mr. Erdogan says the situation in Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan is not good at all. If there is a problem in any other less developed countries. <br />The grain deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey in July, bringing to an end a five-month Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports that trapped millions of tonnes of grain and sunflower oil and sent food prices soaring. <br />The deal ends on 19 November and those involved still have to agree on extending it.