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African Development Bank approves $1.5 billion emergency food facility

African Development Bank Russia Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30, 2020.REUTERS/Luc Gnago

The African Development Bank on Friday approved a $1.5 billion emergency food production facility for 20 million farmers on the continent to avert a looming food crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a statement from the bank said.

(Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by James Macharia Chege)

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