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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Unilever announces 4.2%sales growth in FY 2024 results
UK – Unilever, a British multinational Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Company, has an [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
CGIAR opens new regional hub in Kenya to scale science-based agricultural solutions for Africa
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the global partnership for a food-secure future has announced the launch of the new Regional East and Souther [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Liberia: Public Works Embarks On Demolition Exercise in Monrovia
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) has embarked on a massive demolition exercise in District #7, Montserrado County, to clear alleys and facilit [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Liberia: Loguatuo Road Project Stalls
[Liberian Observer] As AML remain mute over the collapsed of Ganta - Yekepa Road [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Uganda: WFP Welcomes Contribution From Government of Uganda to Support Learning and Nutrition for Karamoja Students
[WFP] Kampala -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of UGX2.5 billion (US$680,000) from the Government of Uganda to support Home-Grown School [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Sudan: WFP Welcomes Contribution From Japan to Save Lives in War-Torn Sudan
[WFP] The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of JPY 150 million (approx. US $1 million) from the Government of Japan for its operations in Sudan. Thi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Feb-2025
Zambia: WFP and the EU Empower Zambia's Disaster Response With Cutting-Edge Drone Technology
[WFP] The World Food Programme (WFP), with funding from the European Union (EU), has donated three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones) to Zambia's Disaster Manage [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Zimbabwe: Minister Masuka Wins Global Award for Agricultural Excellence
[The Herald] Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka received the prestigious Best World Minister Award at the World Government Summ [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Feb-2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Shortage of Humanitarian Routes Threatens Aid Operation, Top UN Official Warns
[UN News] As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country's top UN humanitarian official has told UN News tha [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
South Africa: Calls Grow to Dissolve Joburg Water Board Amid Crisis - South African News Briefs - February 14, 2025
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
UK Government releases food security report
UK – The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
France release food safety findings on retail poultry contamination rates
FRANCE – A French surveillance operation sanctioned by the authorities has report [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Perdido River Meats opens new US$29M meat processing facility
USA – Perdido River Meats, a division of Perdido River Farms, is opening a new meat [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Almunajem’s Balady Poultry Trading Co. to invest US$304M in poultry operations, expansion plan
SAUDI ARABIA – Balady Poultry Trading Co. is rolling out a five-year expansion strat [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Rwanda to target 20% increase in meat production by 2029, government says
RWANDA – Rwanda plans to raise its annual meat production from 207,097 tonnes in the [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Heineken reports strong 2024 performance, announces US$1.55B share buyback
NETHERLANDS – Heineken has posted an 8.3 percent increase in annual organic operatin [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Kenya Breweries wins 2024 Solenis Sustainability Award for water recovery project
KENYA – Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has been awarded the 2024 Solenis Sustainabili [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Zimbabwe sugar millers appeal High Court ruling on revenue-sharing model
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwean sugarcane millers have lodged an appeal against a High Court r [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
KWAL appointed official distributor of Namibian Windhoek beer in Kenya
KENYA – Namibian beer brand Windhoek has appointed Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (Kwal [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Sugar, cooking oil prices set to rise as global costs increase – CBK report
KENYA – The latest survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has indicated that [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Feb-2025
Somalia: Minister of Public Works Holds Key Meeting With UK Ambassador to Somalia
[Radio Dalsan] Dr. Mohamed Elmi Nuur, the Minister of Public Works, Reconstruction, and Housing of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), held an important meeting on Wednesday w [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Feb-2025
Sudan: €16.5 Million EU/UNOPS Deal 'To Enhance Food Security and Resilience in Sudan'
[Dabanga] Port Sudan / Brussels -- UNOPS* and the European Union have signed a €16.5 million agreement for implementation of the Enhancing Food Security and Resilience of Rural C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Feb-2025
Sudan: The European Union and UNOPS Partner to Enhance Food Security and Resilience of Rural Communities in Sudan
[United Nations in Sudan] UNOPS and the European Union have signed a EUR 16.5 million agreement for implementation of the "Enhancing Food Security and Resilience of Rural Communiti [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Feb-2025
Kenya: ODM Urges Govt to Purchase Local Wheat At Fair Prices
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is calling on the government to instruct the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to buy locally produced wheat at [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Africa: Race Against Time As Hunger, Poverty Rise Amid Growing Global Uncertainties
[IPS] Rome & Nairobi -- Nearly one in 11 people in the world and one in five people in Africa go hungry every day, a crisis primarily driven by chronic inequality, climate [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025