Ukraine's first ship arrives in Africa

A ship carrying 23,000 tonnes of wheat from Ukraine to the Horn of Africa docked on August 30, the first to make the voyage since Russia's February 24 invasion to a poverty-stricken region of the world where millions suffer from hunger. , Reuters reported, citing the United Nations. The ship, Brave Commander, will soon be followed by another carrying 7,000 tonnes of grain. The entire shipment will be offloaded in East African country Djibouti and transported to Ethiopia, where it can help feed 1.5 million people for a month. This grain is barely beginning to alleviate the needs of East Africa, where the UN World Food Program (WFP) said extreme weather, rising food prices and regional conflicts mean 82 million people need food aid in nine countries: Burundi, Djiouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. WFP, which said it was working on several ships, said this first grain shipment would be taken overland to northern Ethiopia, where millions of people ...