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First food aid shipment bound for Africa leaves Ukrainian port

The Brave Commander is loaded with 23,000 tonnes of wheat and is expected to arrive in the Horn of Africa in two weeks [Igor Tkachenko/Reuters]

The first ship carrying humanitarian food aid to Africa from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began in February has departed from the country’s Black Sea port of Pivdennyi, the Ukrainian government has announced.

The United Nations-chartered Brave Commander, which is loaded with 23,000 tonnes of wheat, departed for Djibouti on Tuesday with supplies destined for consumers in Ethiopia, Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said in a statement.

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