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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Nigeria: FMN Launches First Wholly Made-in-Nigeria Brown Sugar
[Premium Times] FMN has established itself as a formidable player in the sugar sector through the success of the Golden Penny pure white refined sugar, which is renowned for its sw [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Ethiopia: War in Ukraine Compounds Food Crisis
[DW] Exploding food prices are driving hunger and poverty, particularly in Ethiopia. Aid organizations say they have had to cut food rations in half for even the most needy. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Sudan: Violence Exacerbating Poverty and Food Insecurity
[ICRC] According to two household surveys* conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in areas affected by violence in Darfur, all respondents said they are s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Africa: Amid the Worst Drought in a Generation, We Must Step Up Aid in the Horn of Africa
[The New Humanitarian] Brussels -- 'After three failed rainy seasons, the risk of famine is again a reality.' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Africa: Russia-Ukraine Conflict - Time for Africa to Bolster Food Production
[The Herald] It is exactly two months since the Russia-Ukraine conflict started in the early hours of February 24, one of the latest conflicts to hit the world in recent times. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Malawi: Chakwera Assures There Will Be Food for Everyone
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has reiterated that his government will not let anyone die of hunger although majority of the smallholder farmers registered p [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Over 12,000 Nigerians Benefit From Saudi Feeding Scheme
[Daily Trust] More than 12,000 Nigerians have benefitted from the 2022 edition of the poverty alleviation programme of Abu Bakr Al-Sidiq Philanthropic Home of King Salman Humanitar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 28-Apr-2022
Governor Abdulrasaq’s quest to enhance food security after COVID-19 pandemic
Tribune Online Governor Abdulrasaq’s quest to enhance food security after COVID-19 pandemic IT is not restricted to Kwara alone, the ravage of the coronavirus pandemic is a univ [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
FG inaugurates steering committees for donor funded projects
Tribune Online FG inaugurates steering committees for donor funded projects THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has inaugurated 5 Natio [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Low yield: CRIN, NEPC trains 100 cashew farmers
Tribune Online Low yield: CRIN, NEPC trains 100 cashew farmers Worried about low yield and poor information regarding cashew production, the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (C [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Nurturing cassava seed entrepreneurs and making farmers proud
Tribune Online Nurturing cassava seed entrepreneurs and making farmers proud The quest for food security is an onerous task amid Covid-19, climate change, harsh operating environm [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Ghana: 1D1F Initiative Pres Inaugurates U.S.$35 Plant ... for Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products
[Ghanaian Times] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday inaugurated a $35 million pharmaceutical manufacturing plant at Larpleku, Ningo-Prampram for manufacture of serum a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
South Africa: Sanral Suspends Toll Fee Payment At Uthongathi, Umvoti Toll Plazas
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has suspended the payment of toll fees at uThongathi Toll Plaza and Umvoti Toll Plaza on the N2 toll route in KwaZu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Zimbabwe: Road Contractors Must Raise the Bar
[The Herald] The major road programme under the Second Republic has been moving forward rapidly, building on what had already been done earlier since 2018 and largely accelerating [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
South Africa: Gauteng Roads and Transport Notifies Motorists of the Temporary Closure of the R28
[Govt of SA] R28 Road closure for shoulder rehabilitation [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Cameroon: Price Hikes Push Staple Foodstuffs Beyond Reach of Many in Anglophone Region
[RFI] The ongoing crisis in the north-west of Cameroon in the anglophone region, coupled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has pushed t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Ethiopia: 'This Is the Worst Drought in Forty Years' - Millions At Risk From Failed Rains
[UN News] Ethiopia's eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for ar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
South Africa: Reap What You Sow - the Physical and Mental Benefits of Gardening As Exercise
[Daily Maverick] Among its many documented psychological benefits, an increasing body of research suggests that gardening is also a good form of low to moderate exercise with many [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Rwanda: Soybean Farmers Count Losses as Floods Destroy Plantations
[New Times] Soya farmers in Kayonza District have incurred losses as floods destroyed over 30 hectares of plantations. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Zimbabwe: Loaf of Bread Now Costs U.S.$2, a 100 Percent Increase Since Russia Invaded Ukraine
[VOA] Harare -- One of the citizens feeling the pinch of rising prices in Zimbabwe is Christine Kayumba. She says she can't afford to buy bread for her four dependents on her salar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Livestock summit to bring over 200 experts together – Tai-Solarin
Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Winnie Tai-Solarin in this interview with John Oba, has assured [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Earth Day: Dangote Cement reiterates commitment to curb environmental degradation
As the world still commemorates the United Nations International Mother Earth Day (April, 22), leading cement manufacturer in Africa, Dangote Cement Plc, has reiterated its commitm [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Seychelles: Seychelles Undertaking Breadfruit Census for Improved Food Security
[Seychelles News Agency] As part of a regional project to conserve biodiversity and make use of crop genetic resources, Seychelles is carrying out a survey on its three main island [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Tomato Jos in the Business to Win and That's it - Mira Mehta to Investors
[allAfrica] Visit Prosper Africa to access U.S. Government trade and investment support and browse the Virtual Deal Room with curated investment opportunities, including companies [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
National Youth Service Corps flags off environmental sanitation exercise
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria, Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has flagged off a national environmental sanitation exercise. Acco [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022