Nairobi, Nov. 29 -- Kenya, South Sudan, and Somalia are among African countries which will benefit from a donation of grains from Ukraine meant to help alleviate the growing hunger crisis on the continent, despite Kyiv's own internal woes in the face of a war with Russia.

Kyiv has partnered with international donors including the European Union to establish the "Grain from Ukraine Humanitarian Programme", which will enable several hunger-stricken countries in Africa and Asia receive food donations from the war-torn eastern European nation.

Speaking to African journalists from Kyiv on Monday, Ukraine's Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said the programme seeks to lift at least five million Africans out of the growing food insecu...