A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti on Tuesday. "The food on the Brave Commander will feed 1.5 million people for one month in Ethiopia," said WFP's regional director for East Africa, Mike Dunford. But exports of grain, food and fertilisers from three Black Sea ports resumed at the start of this month under a deal between Kyiv and Moscow, brokered by the UN and Turkey in July. According to figures late last week from the Joint Co-ordination Centre that manages the sea corridor, more than 720,000 tonnes of grain have already left Ukraine. The WFP says famine is a "serious risk," particularly in Somalia where nearly half the population of 15 million is seriously hungry.

Source: Ethiopian News August 31, 2022 08:02 UTC