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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Tanzania: Tanzania Roles Out National Livestock Vaccination, Identification Campaign
[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE government is set to launch a nationwide livestock vaccination and identification campaign on June 16, 2025, aimed at boosting animal health and opening [...]
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Date: 13-Jun-2025
South Sudan: Famine Stalks Two Counties in South Sudan As Fragile Peace Is Threatened
[UN News] Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday. [...]
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Date: 13-Jun-2025
Leading Islamic authority approves cultivated meat for muslim consumption
QATAR – A leading Islamic legal body has announced that cultivated meat can be co [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Brazilian egg producer Mantiqueira expands into the US Market
USA – Brazil’s leading egg company Mantiqueira Brasil has begun setting up its [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Kuehne+Nagel expands Kenyan operations with new Nairobi office
KENYA – Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new office in Nairobi, Kenya, adding nearly 2,5 [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Neogen® releases second edition of environmental monitoring handbook to strengthen food safety systems
U.S.A. – Neogen® Corporation has released the Second Edition of the Neogen Env [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Coca-Cola Nigeria launches 60cl PET bottle to enhance value, refreshment for consumers
NIGERIA – Coca-Cola Nigeria has launched a new 60cl PET bottle across its beverag [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Ghana set to miss 2024/2025 cocoa production target as global supply tightens, prices surge
GHANA – Ghana is set to miss its cocoa production target for the 2024/2025 crop s [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Kegna Beverages launches premium lager Beer
ETHIOPIA – Kegna Beverages S.C., one of Ethiopia’s largest locally owned manufa [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Treasury Wine Estates launches US$9.77M low- and no-alcohol wine facility in Australia
AUSTRALIA – Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has officially opened a new A$15 million [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Kenya maintains suspension of Rainforest Alliance certification for tea factories pending review of benefits, sustainability
KENYA – The suspension of Rainforest Alliance certification and audit processes f [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Aflatoxins in focus as Kenya rolls out national elimination strategy
KENYA – The Kenyan government, in partnership with key national institutions and [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Jun-2025
Liberia: Town Trap Not for Rats Alone - The Case of Monrovia Central Prison
[New Dawn] The Liberian National Police stated on Friday that there are "credible links" suggesting that Honorable Councillor J. Fonati Koffa was "strategically involved" in an inc [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 11-Jun-2025
Namibia: Vandalism, Theft Rock Kalimbeza
[New Era] Kalimbeza -- The Kalimbeza Rice Project in the Zambezi region is reeling from relentless theft and vandalism, and deputy minister of agriculture Ruth Masake has appealed [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Ghana: Red Crescent Society Distributes Over 1000 Pieces of Packaged Meat to Mark Eid-UL-Adha
[Ghanaian Times] The Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirate on Saturday provided packages of sacrificial meat to over 1,000 Muslims in Accra to mark the Eid-ul Adha celebr [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Sudan: UN WFP Sudan Chief - 'Needs Outpacing Funding, As People Return to Devastated Khartoum'
[Dabanga] Geneva / Port Sudan -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) country director for Sudan, says that "the international community must act now -- by stepping up funding to stop [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Sudan: We Need More Help to Prevent Famine, Says WFP
[UN News] The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan's communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for more funding to s [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Sudan: WFP Expands Footprint in Khartoum As Families Starts to Return to Devastated Capital
[WFP] Geneva -- This is a summary of what was said by Laurent Bukera, WFP Sudan Representative and Country Director (speaking from Port Sudan via Zoom) - to whom quoted text may be [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Africa: Understanding Famine - What It Is, How You Can Act
[WFP] Learn more about this rare and deadliest form of hunger, which is spreading in Sudan and threatens Gaza and elsewhere - and how WFP is fighting it [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Malawi: Hunger Crisis in Malawi - 6.8 Million Struggle As Poverty Deepens
[Nyasa Times] A sobering new report from the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has revealed that at least 6.8 million Malawians--over one-third of the population--are unable [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Rwanda: New Hope for Rwandan Farmers As Drone Delivery of Cow Semen Begins
[New Times] Agnes Mukangiruwonsanga's cow could not conceive for the last two artificial inseminations it received recently. This, she said, frustrates her as a cattle farmer as it [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
Nigeria: Amid AfDB Exit, Adesina Appointed Advisor to World Food Prize Foundation
[Vanguard] The World Food Prize Foundation has announced the appointment of the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina to its Council of Adv [...]
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Date: 11-Jun-2025
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Date: 05-Jun-2025
Cameroon strengthens cocoa and coffee exports with new regulatory monitoring, sanitary surveillance platform
CAMEROON – Cameroon has launched a regulatory monitoring and sanitary surveillance p [...]
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Date: 05-Jun-2025
Red Bull launches Lilac Edition energy drink for spring in U.S. market
USA – Red Bull has unveiled its first-ever U.S. Spring Edition energy drink, the Lil [...]
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Date: 05-Jun-2025