Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Africa: In Harmony With Nature - a Dryland Perspective On Development and Biodiversity
[IPS] Hyderabad, India -- Dr Himanshu Pathak is Director General of The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Zimbabwe: Togarepi Urges MPs to Prioritise Food Sustainability Amid Climate Threats
[263Chat] Parliamentarians have been urged to champion food sustainability initiatives in their constituencies to enable government to redirect more funding towards critical social [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Escalating Violence Drives Food Crisis Across Eastern DR Congo, Warns WFP
[UN News] As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that food insecurity is worsening both within the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Kenya: Lobby Warns of Health Risk From Unsafe Reuse of Glass Bottles
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A human rights lobby group has raised concern over rising health risks linked to the unregulated reuse of glass bottles in Kenya. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Sudan: Farmers Battle War's Economic Scars to Revive Central Sudan Farmlands
[Dabanga] Wad Madani -- In central Sudan, farmer Omar Qouz is preparing for his first planting season since conflict erupted, battling fears of failure as he and thousands of other [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Liberia: Forestry and Farm Organizations Elect New Leaders
[New Dawn] Liberia's Forest and Farm Producer Organizations elect inaugural leadership to champion sustainability and smallholder empowerment. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Somalia: Somalia's Livestock Minister Attends 92nd World Animal Health Summit in Paris, Calls for Stronger Global Partnerships.
[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu -- The Federal Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Range of Somalia, Hon. Hassan Hussein Mohamed, alongside senior officials from his ministry, participate [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Liberia: GOL & Partners Launch U.S.$19.4m Project
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia, in collaboration with the World Bank and the African Development Bank, launches a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) that is expec [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
South Africa: South Africa's Polluted Rivers Pose Food Contamination Risk
[GroundUp] Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Africa: Researchers Unveil Africa's First Smart Soil Sensor to Revolutionise Farming
[Ghanaian Times] A Team of Ghanaian researchers has developed Africa's first smart soil sensing technology aimed at transforming the way farmers manage soil health, make fertiliser [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Africa: All of Africa Today - May 26, 2025
[allAfrica] Kabila 'Surfaces In Eastern DR Congo' After Losing Immunity [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-May-2025
Namibia to enforce new permit rules for livestock, poultry meat trade
NAMIBIA – Namibians are no longer allowed to import or export a range of livestock a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Uganda launches first roasted coffee export to Serbia
UGANDA – Uganda has officially flagged off its first-ever export consignment of roas [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Kopi Kenangan expands Indian footprint with second coffee outlet
INDIA – Kopi Kenangan, Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing coffee chain and the regio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Kenya’s Williamson, Kapchorua tea firms issue profit warnings amid global tea market challenges
KENYA – Two of Kenya’s oldest listed agricultural companies, Williamson Tea Kenya [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Kenya’s tea export revenue drops 20% in Q1 2025 amid low production, market diversification efforts
KENYA – Kenya’s tea export revenue fell by 20 percent in the first quarter of 2025 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
South Africa’s sugar industry backs proposed tax exemption to protect rural jobs, boost local sales
SOUTH AFRICA – SA Canegrowers has welcomed a proposed regulatory exemption by South [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Tanzania moves to regulate avocado trade citing farmer protection
TANZANIA – Tanzania is introducing a new policy to register avocado buyers and their [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Ramaphosa pushes back as US trade tensions threaten AGOA deal
SOUTH AFRICA – President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended South Africa’s role in the A [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Namibia’s logistics sector under pressure to improve as trade volumes grow
NAMIBIA – As Namibia draws growing attention as a gateway for regional trade, expert [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Morocco’s tomato exports face scrutiny over mislabeling in Spanish supermarkets
MOROCCO – Morocco’s booming tomato exports to Europe have come under new criti [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Ghana’s government to acquire land for cocoa plantations to boost production
Ghana’s government plans to acquire 200,000 hectares of land for cocoa plantations by the end of the year as part of efforts to boost production, finance minister Cassiel Ato For [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Data-driven farming initiative in Kenya records triple win
A new data-driven initiative in Ahero, Kisumu County of Kenya has revealed crucial insights into how smallholder farmers can adapt to climate change while improving nutrition throu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
Zimbabwe: Zimparks Infrastructure in Bad State - Officials Call for Govt Funding
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) says the department's infrastructure is in a dilapidated state, which has negatively impacted domesti [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025
South Africa: R1 Trillion Infrastructure Investment Welcomed
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has welcomed the R1 trillion earmarked for infrastructure investment in the budget outlined by Finance [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-May-2025