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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Mars Wrigley opens US$33M sugar-free gum plant in Kenya
KENYA – Mars Wrigley has launched a newly built KES 4.2 billion (US$33 million) c [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
African Originals secures US$1M from Phoenix Beverages to expand operations
KENYA – African Originals Ltd has received a major capital boost after securing K [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Burkina Faso’s President Traoré reopens SN-BRAFASO brewery
BURKINA FASO – Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has officially inaugura [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Poultry Futures Forum reviews progress towards strengthening poultry value chains across Southern Africa
The Poultry Futures Forum 2025 opened in Lusaka, Zambia, with AGRA calling for a coordinated regional response to strengthen poultry value chains across Southern Africa. To achieve [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Africa: President Ruto Urges Shift From Charity to Industry in Africa-EU Ties
[Capital FM] NOV 25 - President William Ruto has urged Africa's development partners to back the continent's industrial growth instead of entrenching a culture of dependency. [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Rwanda: 73 Million Tonnes of Silica Sand Set Stage for Glass Industry Growth
[New Times] Rwanda could become a significant player in the glass manufacturing value chain, supported by an estimated 73 million tonnes of silica-rich sand reserves spread across [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Malawi: Chiefs Pledge to Help Escom Fight Rising Vandalism in Southern Region
[Nyasa Times] Traditional leaders in the Southern Region have pledged to intensify efforts to protect electricity infrastructure following rising cases of vandalism that continue t [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Nigeria: China Pledges Support for Nigeria's Port Modernisation, Automation Project
[Leadership] The government of the People's Republic of China has pledged strong technical and diplomatic support for Nigeria's ongoing efforts to modernise and automate operations [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Uganda: Bobi Decries Sale of Public Factories, Abuse of Fishermen
[Nile Post] National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, delivered a sharp critique of the government's economic and security policies on W [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Food Security - Govt Seeks to Expand Livestock Industry to $74 Billion By 2035
[This Day] Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has said the federal government remained committed to expanding the countrys livestock industry to $74 billion by 2 [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Dignitaries Set for the Creed Annual Dinner and Awards Night
[This Day] An impressive line-up of Nigeria's most respected legal icons, public-sector leaders, industry captains, and traditional rulers are set to converge in Abuja on Saturday, [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Psaltry, Nadf, Others to Empower 15,000 Female Cassava Growers
[This Day] Ibadan -- The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Psaltry International Company Limited, Mrs. Oluyemisi Iranloye, has announced the commencement of an initiative to empower [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Liberia: Samjebo Farm CEO Urges Media to Champion Agriculture Advocacy
[Liberian Investigator] - The Chief Executive Officer of SAMJEBO Farm, Joseph Nimely Toe, is calling on Liberian media practitioners to take a leading role in advocating for strong [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Liberia: Senate Mandates Audit of U.S.$200m WB Agriculture Projects
[New Republic] The Liberian Senate has formally requested the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to conduct an immediate audit into the alleged mismanagement of US$200 million in Wo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Nov-2025
Rwanda: New Strategy Targets Over 800,000 Youth Jobs in Agrifood Systems
[New Times] The government has launched a new national strategy aimed at creating nearly 850,000 jobs for young people in the country's agrifood systems by 2029, according to the M [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Somalia: Somalia, UN Discuss Speeding Up Drought Relief As Conditions Worsen
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's National Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) held high-level talks on Tuesday with the United Nations to accelerate humanitarian coordinat [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Uganda: Mafabi Vows to Protect Fishermen, Attacks NRM Governance in Bwondha
[Nile Post] Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Nathan Nandala Mafabi has promised to protect fishing communities from government crackdowns, accusing the ruli [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Malawi: Govt Reaffirms Commitment to Protect Vulnerable Households From Hunger
[Nyasa Times] The Government of Malawi has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that food relief efforts are delivered with integrity, transparency and efficiency to support milli [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Nigeria: How Changing Weather Is Reshaping Life for a Nigerian Fishing Community (III)
[Premium Times] A small fishing community in Rivers State shares how changing weather is reshaping its routines - part of the wider pressures Nigerian fishers face, including insec [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Nov-2025
Nigeria: How Illegal Farming, Logging Drive Human-Elephant Conflict in Ogun Community By - Sodeeq Atanda
[Premium Times] Many residents of Itasin have either had their farms destroyed, been physically attacked, or narrowly escaped encounters with elephants that wander in from the near [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
Sudan: Sudan's Hunger Crisis - How to Turn the Tide On Famine
[WFP] The country's outlook remains dire but WFP's year-long surge of food assistance is delivering results [...]
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Date: 26-Nov-2025
India approves 15M tonne sugar exports for 2025-26 as industry seeks higher MSP
INDIA – India’s Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has annou [...]
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Date: 25-Nov-2025
Spearhead Spirits launches South Africa’s “first” bar-strength RTD cocktails
SOUTH AFRICA – Patch, described as South Africa’s first bar-strength ready-to- [...]
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Date: 25-Nov-2025
Wega Food targets major capacity boost as Cameroon’s sugar market faces structural gaps
CAMEROON – Wega Food, a Cameroonian producer of white sugar, has announced a sig [...]
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Date: 25-Nov-2025
KAM seeks sugar levy exemptions to boost Kenya’s competitiveness in regional, global markets
KENYA – The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has called for targeted exem [...]
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Date: 25-Nov-2025