Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Moët Hennessy appoints Patrick Madendjian to lead North Asia
ASIA – Moët Hennessy, the wine and spirits division of luxury giant LVMH, has appoi [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Ethiopia shifts coffee export strategy amid U.S. tariff, eyes Asian and Middle Eastern markets
ETHIOPIA – The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) has announced a change in t [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
EU pushes for ban on meat terms for plant-based foods
EUROPE – The European Commission is moving forward with a plan to prohibit plant-bas [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Zambeef receives Best Agriculture Investor Award
ZAMBIA – Zambeef Products PLC has been named the Best Agriculture Investor at the In [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Cameroon invests US$10.6M in new poultry facility
CAMEROON – A newly launched poultry complex in Bamendjou, West Region of Cameroo [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Cermaq to acquire three salmon plants from rival Grieg Seafood for US$989M
NORWAY – Cermaq, the salmon farming company owned by Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporatio [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Kenya unveils mosquito-resistant tea clones
UAE – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing to implement a new volumetric exci [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
2nd Nature launches AI-powered platform to upcycle food waste into functional ingredients
U.S.A. – 2nd Nature, a leading innovator in clean ingredient technologies, has u [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Fazer invests $US466M in CO₂-free chocolate factory in Finland
FINLAND – Fazer Group has invested approximately €400 million (US$466 million) [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Kenya’s palm oil imports to hit 1.05 million tonnes in 2025/2026 – USDA
KENYA – Kenya is on track to reach a new milestone in palm oil imports, with proj [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Ethiopia: Digital Access, Infrastructure for Hybrid Education System
[Ethiopian Herald] The present days' attempt to modernize education beyond exams by inserting digital platform into daily teaching practices--is key to creating meaningful and last [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Liberia: Boakai to Dedicate New Schools in Bong, Nimba Counties
[Liberian Observer] On Monday, July 21, 2025, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai will dedicate two newly constructed senior secondary schools in Bong and Nimba Counties. This initiative [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Liberia: President Boakai to Dedicate New Schools in Bong and Nimba Counties, Boosting Education Access and Quality
[FrontPageAfrica] located in Gbarnga, Bong County, and Ganta, Nimba County--were built under the Ministry of Education's "Improving Results in Secondary Education (IRISE)" Project, [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
South Africa: Election of Idt Chairperson and Deputy Welcomed
[SAnews.gov.za] Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) Minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the election of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) chairperson and deputy chairper [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Nigeria: When Survival Is Not Enough - Malnutrition in Abuja's Wassa Displacement Camp
[Nigeria Health Watch] What happens when fleeing from conflict leads straight into the arms of hunger? [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
East Africa: Ethiopia Prepares for UN Summit With Bold Food System Reforms
[ENA] As a defining event for global food security and climate resilience, Ethiopia is finalizing preparations to host the United Nations Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4) [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Tanzania: School, Vegetable Gardens, and Livestock Farming - the Consolata Missionaries Teach a Trade to Young Girls in Difficult Situations
[Agenzia Fides] Iringa -- Learning to care for animals on a farm to create a livestock farm and cultivate vegetable gardens to sell the produce at the market. This is the new objec [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Sudan: Pakistan Explores Joint Agricultural Ventures With Sudan
[Dabanga] Pakistani Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussein, held a high-level bilateral meeting with Sudanese Ambassador in Pakistan, Saleh [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Ethiopia: North Shewa Aims High for 2025 Harvest
[Ethiopian Herald] - The North Shewa Zone of the Amhara State expects to harvest over 20.1 million quintals of crops during the 2025 harvest season, according to the Zonal Agricult [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Ethiopia: Innovation in Action - Bishoftu Polytechnic Spurs Agricultural Transformation
[Ethiopian Herald] - Bishoftu Polytechnic College is making strides in supporting Ethiopia's agricultural modernization by developing locally fabricated threshing machines aimed at [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Liberia: 31 Burkinabé Cocoa Farmers Jailed for Alleged Forest Invasion in Grand Gedeh
[Liberian Investigator] Thirty-one Burkinabé cocoa farmers were jailed for allegedly clearing forestry concessions in Grand Gedeh County to plant cocoa. [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Nigeria: Despite Drop in Inflation, Food Prices Remain High - Survey
[Daily Trust] Shoppers and traders in some Lagos markets have expressed frustration that the recent drop in Nigeria's headline inflation rate has not translated into any relief at [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Africa: South Africa Convenes High-Level Indaba to Tackle Fmd Outbreaks
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa is currently experiencing significant and ongoing challenges with widespread outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD), affecting several provinces, in [...]
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Date: 21-Jul-2025
Japan’s fisheries value rises to US$11.54B
JAPAN – Japan’s fisheries industry saw a 5% increase in total production value in [...]
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Date: 17-Jul-2025
Kandhari Global expands Coca-Cola bottling network with acquisition of Wave Beverages operations
INDIA – Kandhari Global Beverages has acquired the bottling operations of Wave Bever [...]
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Date: 17-Jul-2025