Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Ghana cocoa farmers eye bumper 2025/26 harvest amid persistent challenges
GHANA – Cocoa farmers in Ghana are forecasting a significant increase in harvest [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Nestlé income accelerator yields strong results for cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire
COTE D’IVOIRE – Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Programme is demonstrating tangi [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Uganda: Ibanda District Chairperson Arrested Over Unauthorised Road Works
[Nile Post] Ibanda District Chairperson Happy Herbert Mayanja was arrested on Monday morning and later released on police bond over allegations of unlawfully tampering with the Iba [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Liberia: Bility, Kunkun Cares Foundations Partner to Construct Nyonken Bridge in River Gee
[FrontPageAfrica] Tienpo, River Gee County -- In a landmark move to reconnect the long-isolated Tienpo Administrative District, the Bility Foundation and the Kunkun Cares Foundatio [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Liberia: Shara Community Begin 100,000 Road Rehabilitation to Ease Dwellers Years Constraints
[FrontPageAfrica] Shara Community has commerce its Road Construction process, after years deplorable road condition faces by residents of that part of Paynesville. [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Epukiro Sand Roads Torment Users
[New Era] - The recent rain that poured in the Epukiro constituency, caused heavy damage to many gravel roads used by residents. [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Uganda: Kadaga Nominated, Vows to Complete Plans for Jinja International Airport
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- First Deputy Prime Minister and longtime legislator Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has been duly nominated to contest as the National Resistance Movemen [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Somalia: Somalia's Journey of Hunger
[WFP] How conflict and extreme weather have displaced millions and fuelled severe food insecurity in the Horn of Africa country [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Nigeria: Tinubu Commissions Over 10,000 Farm Equipment
[Daily Trust] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned over 10,000 farm equipment, complimentary implements and sets of spare parts to boost agricultural mechanisation in the c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Ethiopia: Trade Fair Showcases Growth Opportunities for Coffee Exporters
[Ethiopian Herald] Coffee exporters participating in the 7th International Trade Fair have expressed optimism that the event will expand market opportunities, accelerate technologi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Liberia: Equal Rights, Equal Power
[Liberian Observer] For two decades, Sarah and her husband farmed their land, growing pepper and cassava in a small rural town in Liberia's Bong County. As iscommon in Liberia, the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Local Abattoirs Slaughter Over 4 000 Pigs ...As Market Remains Unstable
[New Era] The Namibian pig farming industry has since May last year remained on tenterhooks, with the sector having recently recorded a slight decrease of 0.34% in May this year, a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Farmers' Kraal With Hanks Saisai - Strategies for Preventing Post-Harvest Losses
[New Era] Many farmers across Namibia have achieved substantial cereal grain yields due to the normal to above-normal rainfall received across the country. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Kharas Farmers Push for Neckartal Green Scheme
[New Era] Farmers in the Kharas region are calling on government through the ministry of agriculture to expedite the operationalisation of green schemes around the Neckartal Dam, s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Uganda: FAO Sounds Alarm Over Agrifood Investment Gaps in Uganda
[Nile Post] At a time when global financial aid to developing nations is shrinking, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has made an urgent call for Ug [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Zimbabwe: Govt Eyes Grain Boom With Massive Surplus Projected As Tobacco Sales Hit Record $1b
[263Chat] The Government says it is on track to record a significant grain surplus of over 800,000 metric tonnes thanks to promising yields from the 2024-2025 summer cropping seaso [...]
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Date: 25-Jun-2025
Uganda: Agriculture Sector Budget for 2025/2026
[Independent (Kampala)] Is this allocation for all Ugandans? [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Nigeria: Plateau Killings - Stop the Carnage Now, ACF Tells Govt
[Leadership] The apex northern sociocultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said the forum is again terrified to receive the tragic loss of 13 lives, including women and chi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge
[Nile Post] Global leaders attending the SB62 Climate Summit in Bonn are under growing pressure to reconfigure agricultural subsidies in favour of crop production, as leading food [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Indonesia delays sugary drink tax to 2026 amid regulatory, economic concerns
INDONESIA – Indonesia has officially postponed the implementation of an excise tax o [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Jun-2025
Uganda’s coffee export earnings surge 92% in May on strong harvest, global demand
UGANDA – Uganda’s coffee exports soared in May 2025, with volumes increasing by 44 [...]
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Date: 24-Jun-2025
JBS USA receives US$12 million in tax incentives for new Iowa sausage plant
USA – JBS USA is moving forward with plans to open a sausage processing facility in [...]
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Date: 24-Jun-2025
Hormel Foods appoints John Ghingo as president
USA – Hormel Foods is restructuring its leadership as Jim Snee prepares to step down [...]
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Date: 24-Jun-2025
German meat firm The Premium Food Group acquires The Family Butchers
GERMANY – The Premium Food Group, formerly known as Tönnies Group, is taking a sign [...]
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Date: 24-Jun-2025
NSPCA moves against Daybreak Farms due to animal cruelty concerns
SOUTH AFRICA – The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) [...]
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Date: 24-Jun-2025