Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
China reinstates tariffs on US meat exports
CHINA – China is bringing back previously lifted tariffs on meat imports from the [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Checkers FreshX supermarket opens new supermarket in Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA – A new Checkers FreshX outlet has opened at Hyde Park Corner in Joh [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Namibia’s poultry industry monitors bird flu risk as regional cases raise alarm
NAMIBIA – Namibia’s poultry sector is closely watching regional developments af [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Nigeria: Enugu Govt Partners Quantity Surveyors to Boost Infrastructure Devt
[Daily Trust] Governor Peter Mbah of has stated that the government of the state is partnering with the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors to ensure that development and infr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Aug-2025
Nigeria: FMBN, Stakeholders Seek Housing Schemes in States, Other Initiatives
[Daily Trust] One of the major challenges facing Nigeria's property sector has always been in the area of affordable funding and financing of housing schemes for low and middle inc [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Mauritius: Mini Soccer Pitch Inaugurated in Albion to Promote Healthy Activities
[Government of Mauritius] In an effort to provide residents of Albion with improved sports facilities, a mini soccer pitch was inaugurated on Saturday 2 August 2025, at the Albion [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
South Africa: Concourt Confirms Stopping People From Letting Their Cattle Graze Amounts to Eviction
[GroundUp] The ruling applies to ESTA occupiers' rights to graze cattle [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Ethiopia: As Drought Kills Thousands of Livestock in Kolla Tembien, Signs of a Devastating Drought Reemerge in War-Torn Tigray
[Addis Standard] Mekelle -- The devastating impact of drought in Central Tigray's Kolla Tembien district this week is the latest indicator of a growing crisis that has steadily wor [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Ethiopia: UN Food System Summit - Leaders Call for Urgent Action to End Hunger Globally
[Ethiopian Herald] Eliminating hunger is a novel human cause: President Taye [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Egypt: 9 Egyptian Military Planes Airdrop Tons of Food in Gaza - Army Spox
[Egypt Online] Nine Egyptian military transport planes airdropped tons of food in areas that are difficult to reach by land in the Gaza Strip, in tandem with land convoys through t [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Nigeria: Flood Destroys Houses, Schools, Farms in Plateau, Bauchi, Niger
[Daily Trust] A torrential downpour on Sunday wreaked widespread destruction across communities in Plateau and Bauchi states, leaving scores of houses destroyed, farmlands submerge [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Liberia: National Food Security Starts With Farmers.
[New Dawn] Former Vice President Madam Jewel Howard Taylor has called on the Government of Liberia to prioritize and subsidize local farmers to ensure increased national food produ [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Uganda: Flooded Roads Cripple Ma'di Sub-Region As Farmers, Patients Struggle for Access
[Nile Post] Persistent downpours across Uganda's Ma'di sub-region have devastated key road infrastructure, paralyzing transport and threatening livelihoods in Moyo, Adjumani, and O [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Africa: AU Honours Eric Opoku for Agricultural Transformation
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Eric Opoku, has been honoured with the Honorary Ambassador of Agenda 2063 by the Office of the Special Envoy to the Af [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Aug-2025
Ethiopia: Weather Shocks, Conflict-Related Tensions Sustain High Food Assistance Needs Across Ethiopia: Fews Net
[Addis Standard] Acute food insecurity remains widespread across Ethiopia, driven by a combination of weather-related shocks, failed seasonal rains, and the lingering impacts of co [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
Ghana: Producer Price of Cocoa Jumps From $3,100 to $5,040 Per Tonne - Finance Minister
[Ghanaian Times] The Government has announced a significant increase in the producer price of cocoa ahead of the 2025/2026 crop season, which opens on Thursday, August 7, 2025. [...]
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Date: 04-Aug-2025
FAO’s SOFI 2025 highlights uneven nutrition gains, cites inflation as key barrier
ETHIOPIA – FAO and its partners have launched the 2025 edition of the State of Food [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
Diageo reportedly set to review US$2B stake in East African Breweries
KENYA – Diageo Plc, the British multinational alcoholic beverage firm, has initiated [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
Morocco’s beer production drops amid regional growth, ranks 108th globally in 2024
MOROCCO – Morocco’s beer production declined in 2024 to 818,000 hectoliters, posit [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
Reliance Consumer eyes majority stake in health drink brand Shunya
INDIA – Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Consumer Products Ltd. (RCPL) is reportedly in ad [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
Kenya raises sugarcane price latest boost for farmers, industry reforms
KENYA – The Kenyan government has increased the minimum price of sugarcane to Ke [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
FlavorSum to join Warburg Pincus in move to accelerate natural flavor innovation
U.S.A. – Warburg Pincus, the pioneer of private equity global growth investing, h [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
Kerry Group reports US$4B in H1 2025 revenue amid soft global demand
IRELAND – Kerry Group has announced a 1.3% rise in revenue for the six months end [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
Gonmisol, K. Patel partner for ayurvedic distribution across Europe
EUROPE – Gonmisol, a nutraceutical ingredient supplier, also part of the SuanNutr [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025
NACADA proposes raising legal drinking age to 21
KENYA – The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (N [...]
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Date: 30-Jul-2025