Guinea Suspends Exports of Agricultural Products to Sierra Leone, Other African Countries

According to report, Guinea has announced the suspension of exports for over a dozen agricultural products, including rice and palm oil, to Sierra Leone and other African nations for a period of six months.

The decision aims to safeguard national food stocks and prioritize food security within the country.

An official from the government has said the measure is unrelated to the end of a grain export agreement between Russia and Ukraine that may affect food-importing African nations.

According to a statement received by AFP on Tuesday, the Ministry of Trade has warned that severe fines will be imposed on anyone found violating the export ban.

The prohibition applies to approximately 15 products, including rice, onions, dried and fresh chilies, aubergines, okra, fresh tomatoes, taro, cassava, maize (corn), yams, sweet potatoes, and palm oil. These commodities are frequently sourced by many West African nations from Guinea

“We need to replenish our reserves to ensure food sovereignty and social peace,” a trade ministry official told AFP.

He said the move was not at all linked to the Russian-Ukrainian agreements.

Russia this week said it would not extend a deal signed in July 2022 to permit Black Sea grain exports.

Guinea has since 2021 been ruled by a military junta. It has bowed to international pressure and agreed to hand power back to elected civilians by the end of 2024.

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B.W. Bockarie | 2023-07-26 02:33:29

Opinions are most often not facts. How could Mamady Dumbuya directly interfere into the sovereignty of Sierra Leone? President Bio's government is on the right political trajectory and nothing will derail or distract his administration. Political sycophants have no space here anylonger. We move
Alie Bangura | 2023-07-21 16:44:45

Mr. Mamady Dumbuya has traits of someone who believes in democracy. If this is this case, there was, and still nothing wrong in him going to Sierra Leone to haul the illegitimate Bio administration out of power. We all know that, it were the democratic wrongs committed by his uncle Kondeh that led him to oust him from power. If Mamady, could haul Bio out of power and restore democracy in Sierra Leone, it will pen him down in history and legitimize him in the eyes of even the bunch of criminals (African heads of States). His people too, will ever remain to want him to be their democratically elected leader. Mr. Mamady Dumbuya, this is your chance to prove to the world, your belief in democracy. You are a great man.
Hassan Koroma | 2023-07-21 13:51:31

Sierra leone has all what it takes to develop it self proclamation. But selfishness had override the mindset of those we look up to deliver well enough for the people.Instead their ambition is to earn enough for themselves and their families for generation yet to come.May Allah delivere us from this madness.
Ansumana F Kanu | 2023-07-21 06:34:59

Sierra Leone has gone far below the line of leadership especially under this slpp regime. Leaders have to comport themselves and deliver for the people. The hatred is too much but we can come together to mend it.
Demba Koroma | 2023-07-20 16:05:43

Great
| 2023-07-20 15:53:22

It really tells us to concentrate on seriouse farming and forget about nonsense politics argument. People relaying on politics today for their daily issues especially Freetown people, they're not doing anything important in terms of Agriculture rather than politics argument to corrupt the minds of the good people. Our should also put a stop to our Rice Palm oil cassava ECT to export them to Guinea to control the price in Sierra Leone.🙋