Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Mali: Central Emergency Response Fund (Cerf) Grants Mali $11 Million As Part of the Underfunded Emergencies Window
[OCHA] (Bamako, August 31, 2024). The Central Emergency Response Fund has granted US$11 million to Mali as part of the underfunded emergencies window. [...]
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Date: 02-Sep-2024
Zambeef engages in skill development, customer service enhancement at 2024 ZIM Sales Conference
ZAMBIA – Zambeef Products PLC recently participated in the Zambia Institute of Marketin [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Pernord Ricard acquires minority stake in Lewis Hamilton’s non-alcoholic tequila company
USA- French spirits giant Pernod Ricard has acquired a minority stake Almave, a super-pre [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Uganda Breweries urges government to enforce compliance with digital tax stamps system
UGANDA – Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has called on the government to intensify effor [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Ferrero to invest US$189M in modernising German production facility
GERMANY – Ferrero, one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, is set t [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Kenyan tea prices drop by 2.6% amid surge in production, currency depreciation
KENYA – The Africa Trade Brokers Limited has revealed the average price of Kenyan tea s [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
CCEP launches Monster Nitro Cosmic Peach in UK
UK – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Great Britain Limited (CCEP) has unveiled the lates [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Better Meat Co. receives US$1.4M grant from US Defense Department to expand production
USA – The Better Meat Co., based in California, has secured a US$1.4 million grant from [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
European Commission Approves US$779M scheme to close Dutch livestock farms
NETHERLANDS – The European Commission has approved a US$779M scheme proposed by the Net [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Atria’s Nurmo poultry plant expansion investment rises to US$183M
FINLAND – The Finland-based poultry company has inaugurated a new poultry facility in [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
International Labour Organization empowers Ethiopian women poultry farmers
ETHIOPIA – The International Labour Organization (ILO) is actively supporting women pou [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Sets New Standard in Urban Infrastructure Dev't With Shifting Work Culture - Pmo
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Office of the Prime Minister said that Ethiopia has set a new standard in urban infrastructure development, with a shifting work culture that delivers fast, ta [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Sudan: WFP Operational Update On Food Distributions in Sudan
[WFP] Port Sudan -- The UN World Food Programme is working around the clock to deliver food assistance to communities across Sudan facing acute hunger. The food agency's priority i [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 30-Aug-2024
Nigeria: NAFDAC Speaks On Premium Times Investigation On Filled Milk but Sidesteps Key Concern
[Premium Times] NAFDAC's statement sidesteps the issue of how FFMP is sold and advertised as milk when it does not contain the original milk fat, an essential ingredient of milk. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 30-Aug-2024
Kenya: Israel Eyes Kenya for Wheat Farming After Galana-Kulalu Maize Failure
[Business Day Africa] Kenya has revealed plans to lease large tracts of land to Israeli investors for wheat production, marking a renewed agricultural venture after an earlier Isra [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
South Africa: Tensions Mount As Cape Town Farmers Face Relocation
[GroundUp] The area that the government wants to move them to is already occupied [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 30-Aug-2024
Nigeria: Food or Death? Displaced Nigerian Villagers Face Tragic Choices Amid Humanitarian Crisis
[Premium Times] At least 17 of the displaced locals who went to get food for their families were killed by the terrorists. [...]
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Date: 30-Aug-2024
Campbell Soup sells Pop Secret popcorn brand to Our Home
USA – Campbell Soup Co. has offloaded its Pop Secret popcorn brand to an independent fo [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
Minerva Foods enhances animal welfare initiatives
BRAZIL – Minerva Foods has recently made strides in its commitment to animal welfare, p [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
BRF, Marfrig S.A. join forces in new road transport safety initiative
BRAZIL – BRF, the second-largest food processing company in Brazil after JBS, headquart [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
Astral Foods’ Gary Arnold named SAPA’s Poultry Person of the Year
SOUTH AFRICA – At the recent annual general meeting in Knysna, the South African Poultr [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
Zimbabwe launches emergency livestock feeding program amid severe drought
ZIMBABWE – In response to a prolonged drought exacerbated by an El Niño weather patter [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
Coca-Cola tops global non-alcoholic drinks market rankings, research finds
WORLD – Coca-Cola has once again been ranked as the world’s most valuable non-alcohol [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
Nestlé to retain Health Science Unit, confirms Chairman Bulcke
SWITZERLAND – Nestlé has confirmed its commitment to retaining its Health Science unit [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024
Karnataka India slashes premium liquor prices, beer prices set to rise
INDIA – The Karnataka government has implemented a reduction in the tax slabs for premi [...]
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Date: 28-Aug-2024