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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Liberia: Boakai Calls for Urgent Actions On Food Insecurity
[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai urged the global community to unite in combating the escalating food insecurity that threatens millions of lives, particularly in [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Honey Processing Plant for 700 Farmers
[The Herald] AT least 700 beekeepers from Hurungwe have started to benefit from a honey processing plant opened last week at Chitindiva [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Liberia: Boakai Demands Concrete Action At World Food Forum
[New Dawn] President Boakai has told the World Food Forum that, through sustainable practices and improved inputs, development in food and cash crops, fisheries, and livestock can [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Africa: New Report Showcases Women-Led Solutions for Building Drought Resilience
[UNCCD and FAO] Bonn -- Women at the Forefront of Combating Drought [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Africa: Nearly Two Million Severely Malnourished Children at Risk of Death Due to Funding Shortages for Therapeutic Food
[Unicef] UNICEF launches urgent appeal for US$165 million to reach children as some countries run critically low on therapeutic food for treatment [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Ethiopia: Tragic Shooting Claims Lives of Three Farmers in Kore Zone, South Ethiopia Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Three farmers were shot and killed yesterday morning on 14 October, 2024, in the Kore Zone of South Ethiopia, according to the families of the victi [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Africa: How African Women Are Protecting Communities From Devastating Droughts
[allAfrica] The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have released a new global report [...]
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Date: 15-Oct-2024
Univar Solutions makes sustainability moves, establishes Scope 3 emissions target
USA – Univar Solutions LLC, a global provider of specialty ingredients and chemicals, ha [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Conagra Brands reports lower sales, operating margins for first quarter of fiscal 2025
USA – Conagra Brands, Inc., a renown meat snacks company, has announced its financial re [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
JBS expands operations in Minas Gerais with new distribution centre
BRAZIL – JBS, one of the biggest meat processing companies in the world, has expanded [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
T. Hasegawa introduces cocoa powder replacer ingredient
JAPAN – T. Hasegawa Co., Ltd., a prominent Japanese manufacturer of flavors and fragranc [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Astral Foods introduces revamped GOLDI Chicken crumbed range
SOUTH AFRICA – Astral Foods, South Africa’s largest poultry producer, has expanded its [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
HAPPIEE! expands UK cultivated seafood presence with new listings
UK – HAPPIEE!, a brand offering plant-based seafood alternatives, is set to increase its [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Two More Mbudzi Bridges, Roads Completed
[The Herald] Construction of two more bridges has been completed, taking the total to 11 out of the 15 needed for the Mbudzi Interchange and associated works south of Harare. The b [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Malawi: Chakwera Earns Praise for Mzuzu's Infrastructure Development Boom
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera's administration is receiving widespread acclaim for its ambitious infrastructure development projects in Mzuzu, transforming the city into [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Africa: Empowering Africa's Public Health Laboratory Workforce Helps to Advance Outbreak Investigation
[Africa CDC] Upskilling public health laboratory scientists with cutting-edge molecular diagnostic capabilities for rapidly and accurately detecting current and future infectious d [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Africa: Rwanda Launches Event-Based Surveillance Guidelines
[Africa CDC] The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has introduced a new set of Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) guidelines designed to enhance the country's public health response amids [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Africa: How Do You Stop Elephant Herds From Trashing Crops and Trees? Target Sensitive Nostrils With a 'Scent Fence'
[The Conversation Africa] Elephant numbers are surging in southern Africa, with fewer natural predators, reduced hunting pressure and feeding by farmers and tourist operators. [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: 'Wheat Harvesting to Be Completed Before New Season'
[The Herald] The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is confident it will complete winter wheat harvesting before the onset of the 2024/25 season despite falling be [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Nigeria: FG, Stakeholders Urged to Save Nigeria From Hunger
[Daily Trust] Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shield Africa Sustainability and Development Initiative, Mrs Osenaga Orokpo, has urged the Federal Government and relevant stakeh [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Nigeria: NAFDAC Destroys N10bn Fake, Expired Drugs
[Daily Trust] The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, expired and substandard drugs worth over N10 billion. [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
South Africa: Wok a Difference Freshness Makes to a Weeknight Vegetable Stir Fry
[Daily Maverick] Get the wok out and turn fresh vegetables into a quick and crunchy weeknight supper. [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Safeguard Against Wheat Postharvest Losses, Farmers Told
[The Herald] As harvesting of the 2024 winter wheat intensifies countrywide on the backdrop of high expectations for a bumper yield, Government has urged farmers to guard against i [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Nigeria: NAFDAC Destroys Harmful Products Worth N10 Billion - Official
[Premium Times] "NAFDAC stands at the forefront of ensuring that only quality, safe food items, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals and packaged water are sold and consume [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024
Nigeria: Oil Spill - A/Ibom Communities Cry Out Over Loss of Farm Lands, Livelihoods
[Daily Trust] The people of Akwa Ibom State have cried out over the attendant difficulties being experienced in various communities across the states following the August 2024 oil [...]
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Date: 10-Oct-2024