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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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At UNGA, Biden condemns Russia’s war on Ukraine as Putin escalates threats (VOA) 

September 22, 2022


Voice of America published an article stating that one of the sessions at the UN meeting was the U.S. convened a Global Food Security Summit co-chaired by Secretary of State Antony Blinken with the leaders of the European Union, African Union, and Spain, and hosted by Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Beyond aid, the world needs a much more robust international agenda to meet the U.N. goal of ending hunger by 2030, which it is currently not on track to meet, said Markets, Trade, and Institutions Rob Vos, “We do need a lot more investments in food systems for the coming decades to make them more resilient,” Vos said in an interview with VOA, “to monitor much more closely the risk of food crisis from breaking out.” 

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