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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Uganda: MPs Question Shs23bn Fisheries Restocking Plan Amid Export Decline
[Nile Post] Members of Parliament have raised concerns over the Ministry of Agriculture's proposal to allocate Shs23 billion for restocking water bodies and establishing fish produ [...]
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Date: 04-Feb-2025
Asahi Beverages announces executive reshuffle, appoints new Chief Commercial Officer
AUSTRALIA – Asahi Beverages, a leading beverage company in Oceania, has unveiled [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Carlsberg Britvic launches new Pepsi Zero Sugar flavors targeting Gen Z
UK – Carlsberg Britvic, the UK’s largest multi-beverage supplier, has introduce [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
MyriaMeat achieves milestone in developing cultivated pork
GERMANY – Munich-based cultivated meat company MyriaMeat has announced that it ha [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Foster Farms to halt fresh turkey processing at Turlock site
USA – Foster Farms, a prominent poultry producer based in California’s Central [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
France to overturn restrictions on plant-based food labels after EU ruling
FRANCE – The French Council of State has overturned two government decrees that b [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
FlavorSum expands solutions portfolio with modulating flavour systems
USA – FlavorSum, a US-based flavour manufacturer, is introducing a new range of f [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Brazilian beef expands into Japan as export market grows
BRAZIL – Brazilian beef is set to enter the Japanese market in the coming months, [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
ADM appoints Carrie Nichol as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
USA—The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) has appointed Cargill executive Carr [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Nestlé discontinues vegan KitKat amid low demand, reiterates commitment to sustainable cocoa
SWITZERLAND—Nestlé has discontinued its vegan KitKat or KitKat V due to declinin [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
COCOBOD signs deal with Brazil to strengthen bilateral collaboration in the cocoa sector
GHANA—COCOBOD has signed a declaration of intent to cooperate with Apexbrasil and [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Nigeria: Nigeria, Others to Get €150bn EU Fund to Enhance Infrastructural Development
[This Day] In a bid to further enhance infrastructural development in Nigeria and other African countries, the European Union (EU) has said that it will through its special purpose [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Liberia: Rail Monopoly in Liberia Nears End As President Boakai Pushes for Reforms
[Liberian Observer] The longstanding monopoly of ArcelorMittal over Liberia's key railway infrastructure is set to end as President Joseph N. Boakai moves to open the rail corridor [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Sudan: 'Life-Saving Darfur Aid Stalled By Fighting and Bureaucracy' - WFP
[Dabanga] Zamzam Camp / Ghubeish Locality / Khartoum / Adré -- The World Food Programme (WFP) is struggling to scale up food aid in Sudan, despite expanding its reach to assist se [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Zimbabwe: Spitzkop Farm Owner Demands Reversal of High Court Judgement Declaring Property As Abandoned
[New Zimbabwe] DIANA Catherine Rodrigues, the owner of Spitzkop farm, is demanding the reversal of a judgement by former High Court judge, Justice Webster Chinamhora declaring the [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Zimbabwe: The Backstory - Dancing in Zimbabwe
[WFP] A WFP photographer reflects on the kindness of strangers, despite hunger and hardship [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Malawi: We Can Eradicate Hunger in One Growing Season - Malawi Minister
[Nyasa Times] Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Benedicto Chambo, believes it is possible to eradicate hunger in Malawi within just one growing season. [...]
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Date: 03-Feb-2025
Plukon Food Group to acquire Spain’s Grupo Avícola Hidalgo
SPAIN – Plukon Food Group, a poultry company based in the Netherlands, is purchasing [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
Mowi to acquire 95% stake control of Nova Sea in a US$655M deal
NORWAY – Norwegian salmon farming company Mowi is acquiring a 46% stake in Nova Sea [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to invest US$156.2M in German operations
GERMANY – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced plans to invest approx [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
Som Distilleries & Breweries reports 12.3% increase in Q3 revenue
INDIA – Som Distilleries & Breweries Limited has reported a 12.2 percent increas [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
West Kenya Sugar moves to revive Mumias distillery and co-generation plants
KENYA – West Kenya Sugar Company has initiated efforts to revive the distillery and [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
Starbucks restructures North America leadership, taps Taco Bell’s Mike Grams as Chief Stores Officer
USA – Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has announced significant changes to the company’ [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
BUA Foods reports US$1.23B in revenue in 2024
NIGERIA – BUA Foods Plc, a major food manufacturing company in Nigeria, has reported [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025
Pret A Manger to launch first South African location at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA – Pret A Manger has announced it will launch in South Africa on 14 Fe [...]
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Date: 31-Jan-2025