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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Morocco’s export of tomatoes to the EU in 2024/2025 up 8% Y/Y
Morocco consolidated its position as the world’s third-largest tomato exporter after Mexico and the Netherlands. The country strengthened its presence in the European Union, its [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Heineken appoints Alex Carreteiro as Americas Regional President
AMERICAS – Heineken has named Alex Carreteiro as Regional President for the Americ [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Uganda unveils first national coffee flavor profiles to boost traceability, specialty market value
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Hormel Foods reports lower earnings despite higher sales as profit drops hit US$56.1M loss
USA – Hormel Foods Corp. reported stronger revenue for its fourth quarter and full year, yet finished fiscal 2025 with a steep decline in profitability as cost pressures [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Tyson Foods ends Fortrex contract at Lexington beef facility
USA – Fortrex has notified the Nebraska Department of Labor that it will cease sanitation work at Tyson Foods’ Lexington, Nebraska, plant after receiving unexpected wor [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
UK beef prices surge 27.4% as supply pressures deepen
UK – The UK has recorded a 27.4% jump in beef prices over the past year, a rise consultancy firm Inverto says is the sharpest since national tracking began in 1988. Fa [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Derrick Tice named president of Aviagen North America
USA – Aviagen has appointed Derrick Tice as president of its North America division, with the poultry breeding company confirming that he has assumed the position immedia [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Cargill opens US$40M employee housing as Fort Morgan facility pushes ahead with major upgrades
USA – Cargill opened an 81-unit apartment complex in Fort Morgan, Colorado, during the first week of December, completing a US$40 million employee housing project that al [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
US red meat production declines in October 2025
USA – US commercial red meat production in October reached 4.89 billion pounds, down 3% from 5.02 billion pounds in the same month last year, according to the latest data [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Namibia sees 25% drop in cattle marketing while pig slaughtering rises 6%
NAMIBIA – Local abattoirs in Namibia processed 4,655 pigs in October 2025, marking a 6.08% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the Livestock and L [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Uganda: Museveni Pledges to Improve Road Connectivity in Lango
[Nile Post] President Museveni, who is also the NRM presidential candidate has pledged to continue improving road infrastructure in the Lango sub-region as part of his 2026 campaig [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Sudan: WFP Convoy Attacked in North Kordofan
[Dabanga] Hamrat El Sheikh -- A World Food Programme (WFP) truck travelling to Tawila in North Darfur came under attack on Thursday night in North Kordofan, injuring the driver and [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Malawi: Greenbelt Revival - Government Steps On the Gas to Turn Karonga Into Malawi's Rice Powerhouse
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government has pledged to fast-track the completion of the Nthola-Ilola Irrigation Scheme under the Greenbelt Authority (GBA), a multi-billion-kwacha proje [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Somalia: Somali Prime Minister Meets Qatari Ambassador to Strengthen Ties and Address Drought Relief
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Dec 7, 2025 -- Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Sunday received Qatar's Ambassador to Somalia, Dr. Abdullah Bin Salim Al Nuaimi, at his office to dis [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Uganda: Mobi Kills Suspected Pig Thief in Buikwe
[Nile Post] Police in Buikwe District are investigating an incident in which an unidentified man was beaten to death by a mob after he was allegedly found with a stolen pig. [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Nigeria: Northern Nigeria's Toxic Mix of Violence and Hunger
[WFP] WFP warns shrinking aid and region's alarming food security outlook risks fueling more instability - with potential spillovers across West Africa [...]
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Date: 08-Dec-2025
Vietnam’s aquatic production rises – General Statistics Office
VIETNAM – According to the General Statistics Office, cumulative aquatic production in the first nine months of 2025 surpassed 7.2 million tonnes, up 3.2% year-on-year. [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Norway seafood exports drop again, hit by stronger krone and lower volumes
NORWAY – Norway exported seafood worth NOK 16.6 billion (US$1.63 billion) in November, down NOK 608 million (US$60.3M) or 4 % from the same month last year. [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Eskort launches South Africa’s first pork range for children
SOUTH AFRICA – Eskort has introduced Eskort Kiddos, a range of pork products aimed at children, marking the first time in South Africa that pork has been made specificall [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Pick n Pay introduces Korean food sections across South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – Pick n Pay is set to introduce dedicated Korean food markets at several of its stores starting this December. The new sections will offer more than 80 p [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Unilever sells Graze healthy snacking brand to Katjes International, Candy Kittens
UK – Unilever has agreed to divest its Graze healthier-snacking brand to German conf [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Africa Processing boosts grinding capacity with new factory in Cameroon
CAMEROON – Africa Processing Company has commissioned its second industrial cocoa-pr [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
WACOT Nigeria pays sustainability bonuses to 2,062 Osun cocoa farmers
NIGERIA – WACOT Limited, the agro-allied arm of Tropical General Investments (TGI) G [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025
Cengiz Holding to invest US$500m in two sugar plants in Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN – Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding will invest $500 million to const [...]
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Date: 04-Dec-2025