Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Association Begs Not To Enforce Anti-Open Grazing Law
By Onuigbo, Awka Members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MCBAN), South East Zone, on Monday, pleaded with the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma So [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
China to Prioritize Investments in Nigeria’s Agricultural, Industrial Sectors
The People’s Republic of China has said it is partnering with relevant authorities to revamp Nigeria’s agricultural and industrial sectors, prioritizing areas of investments. T [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Group Holds Meeting with UN on Sustainable Water Management
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact Network, Nigeria and the CEO Water Mandate, has held an inaugural meeting centred [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Southern Africa: SADC Chair Proposes an Industrialization Fund
[SANF] The SADC Chairperson, President Felix Tshisekedi has proposed a regional fund to support industrialization in SADC Member States and ensure the sustainability of its integra [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Ghana: 1D1F - President Akufo-Addo Inaugurates Factories in Awutu Senya West, Gomoa East
[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday, inaugurated two factories under the One District, One Factory programme in the Central Region. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Rwanda: Cassava Peels Offer Alternative for Local Animal Feeds Industry
[New Times] A new strategy to increase animal feed production by using cassava peels is being considered by the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Ghana: National Farmers' Day Celebration Reviewed
[GhanaToday] The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has reviewed the mode of celebrating National Farmers' Day. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Malawi: Farmers Reap More From Sunflowers, Chillies
[IPS] Blantyre -- Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their pro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Somalia: Explainer - What is Famine?
[The New Humanitarian] Johannesburg -- 'This is the last minute of the eleventh hour to save lives.' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Burkina Faso: Almost 2 Million People Displaced Amid Worst Food Crisis In A Decade - Aid Organisations
[Norwegian Refugee Council] Nearly one in 10 people in Burkina Faso have been displaced by conflict. Most worryingly, the rate of severe food insecurity has nearly doubled compared [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Somalia: Final Warning - Famine is at the Door, Says United Nations Relief Chief
[UN News] As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food ai [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Liberia: Ministry of Agriculture Approves U.S.$2 Million Grant Applications to Promote Farming
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Funds Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Liberia Agriculture Commercialization Funds (LACF) has ended its first sitting with the approval of twenty-t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Somalia: The UN Says Famine Will Reach Parts of Somalia Later This Year
[Shabelle] The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just shor [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Ghana: Govt Urged to Review Agricultural Policies to Boost Food Production
[Ghanaian Times] The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana has called on the government to take a relook at its agricultural policies as part of efforts to enhance food production in the c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
South Africa: Jacob Zuma Pursues Private Prosecution Against Advocate Billy Downer- South African News Briefs, September 6, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Africa: Stop Funding AGRA, African Farmers Plead With Donors
[allAfrica] Ahead of the annual forum of Agra - an organization founded to transform African agriculture - a large network of African food producers and their allies are calling [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Nigerian Government strategizes to lift EU ban on Agricultural Export
The Nigerian government is optimistic that the ban on Nigeria’s agricultural commodities by the European Union and the United States of America would soon be lifted, as it is wo [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Sep-2022
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc set to launch Cashew Processing Plant
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc is set to launch a cashew processing plant on September 10, 2022 in Epe, Lagos State, South-West Nigeria. This will be Julius Berger’s first agro-proce [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Sep-2022
Nigeria’s Vice President proposes debt-for-climate swaps
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is proposing a Debt-for Climate (DFC) swap deal in a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero e [...]
Environment, Health & Safety Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Nigerian Government Rehabilitates 12 Irrigation Systems for Kano State Farmers
To promote all year-round farming, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has handed over twelve rehabilitated irrigation systems to farmers in Kano [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
FAO, Japan to address food insecurity, malnutrition in N/East
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with funding from the Government of Japan, says it will address the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Mozambique: Three Billion Meticais for Agricultural Research
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced in Maputo on Wednesday that his government plans to spend three billion meticais (about 47 million US dollars, at the cu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Namibia: Venaani Concerned Over Massive Maize Imports
[Namibian] POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani has expressed concern over Namibia's continued reliance on maize imports. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Namibia: Chief Warns Govt Against Food Discrimination
[Namibian] THE government should not discriminate when distributing drought relief food and should also not only provide relief during election years. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Liberia: World Bank Alludes to Buying New Toyota Landcruiser for NaFAA
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The World Bank says the new SUV being used by the Managing Director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Agency (NaFAA) was bought using World Ba [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022