Russia's invasion is "an existential threat to the stability and integrity of our continent", said minister of state at the French foreign ministry Chrysoula Zacharopoulou at the yearly Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security on Monday."That's why we expect solidarity from Africa," she told the forum, which is hosted by Senegalese President Macky Sall, and who is also current head of the African Union, and attended by other African heads of state and several foreign affairs ministers.The war in Ukraine has impacted Africa, where food prices have soared across the continent as imports of grain and fertilizer have been limited.It voted in favour of a second resolution on 24 March demanding an immediate end to the war, and joined 143 countries voting for the 12 October resolution condemning Russia's annexing four occupied regions in Ukraine."Africans say that even while Ukraine is at war, is being invaded, is being attacked, Africa is under permanent attack from terrorism," Sall said at the forum."