Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Molson Coors reports nearly US$4B impairment as sales continue to decline
USA – Molson Coors Beverage Company has reported impairment charges totaling nearl [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Zambia Sugar records 18% revenue growth despite drought, rising costs
ZAMBIA – Zambia Sugar PLC has reported an 18% rise in revenue to K8.90 billion (US$ [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Coca-Cola appoints Manuel Burgos as Vice President and General Manager for the Middle East
MIDDLE EAST – Coca-Cola has appointed Manuel Burgos as its new Vice President and Ge [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
New fast-food chain expands inside Shoprite stores across South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa’s biggest retailer, Shoprite, has been quietly growing its in-store fast-food venture, ChicRite, with about 80 outlets now operating nationw [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Meat prices keep rising as beef costs climb nearly 15% in USA
USA – Food prices in the United States continued their uneven climb in September, with beef and veal costs jumping nearly 15%, extending a steady rise that began earlier [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Hormel Foods parts ways with CFO as inflation, restructuring pressure mount
USA – Hormel Foods Corporation has announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, Jacinth Smiley, as the company braces for ongoing cost pressures and corporate [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
JBT Marel unveils full-line poultry processing solutions to drive smarter automation
USA – JBT Marel has introduced a full suite of automated poultry processing solution [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Bühler unveils CompactMix system to revolutionize chocolate, confectionery production
SWITZERLAND – Bühler has introduced CompactMix, a new processing line that integra [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Pick n Pay, Vivo Energy launch Botswana’s first 24-hour Pick n Pay Go store
BOTSWANA – Pick n Pay and Vivo Energy Botswana have opened the country’s first Pick n Pay Go store, introducing a new model of convenience retail in the country. The [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Lotte Chilsung Q3 operating profit climbs 16.6%
SOUTH KOREA – Lotte Chilsung Beverage has reported a 16.6% year-on-year increas [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Rich and poorest nations will see sharp drop in crop yields, warns new climate dataset
A new dataset released via the Human Climate Horizons (HCH) data platform by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report Office, in collaboration with [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
APMD advances market coordination and investment matchmaking in Kenya’s livestock sector
Through a demonstrated market coordination and investment matchmaking forum, the African Pastoral Markets Development (APMD) Platform continues to play a critical role in strengthe [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Senate Orders NAFDAC to Ban Sachet Alcohol Production By December 2025
[This Day] * Lawmakers warn of health crisis, youth addiction and social disorder from cheap liquor [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Uganda: Denmark Contributes to WFP to Support Newly Arrived Refugees in Uganda With Food Assistance
[WFP] Kampala -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of DKK 15 million (approximately USD 2.3 million) from the Government of Denmark. This fundin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Senate Orders NAFDAC to End Sachet Alcohol Production By Dec 31
[Vanguard] The Senate has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to fully enforce -- without further extension -- the December 31, 2025 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2025
Uganda: Stakeholders Reaffirm Commitment to Boost Agricultural Productivity and Value Addition
[Nile Post] The Eastern and Southern Africa Small-Scale Farmers' Forum (ESAFF) Uganda joined representatives from key government ministries and development partners for the 4th Joi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2025
Namibia: Producer Withdraws Controversial Cattle Feed Additive
[Namibian] The manufacturer of a controversial livestock feed supplement made from sheep's wool has withdrawn the product for use in animals, he said this week. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2025
Namibia: Fishing Industry to Suffer Low Impact From Oil Drilling
[Namibian] Fishing activity taking place on the coastline near the proposed TotalEnergies oil production site at Lüderitz will barely be affected by oil activities. [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Nigeria: FG Vows to Sustain Drop in Food Prices
[Vanguard] The Federal Government says it will sustain the recent drop in prices of staple foods across the country through continuous interventions along agricultural value chains [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Nov-2025
Nigeria: VP Shettima, Governor Radda Rally Citizens Against Malnutrition
[Premium Times] The Vice President who was represented by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Health (office of the Vice President), Mrs Uju Vanstatia Rochas-Anwu [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Nigeria: Nigeria Our Largest Global Centre for Malnutrition Treatment - MSF
[Premium Times] Vice President Shettima says Nigeria loses $56 billion in human capital annually to malnutrition. [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Namibia: Namibia's FMD-Free Zone Not Adequately Prepared for Potential Disease Outbreak
[Namibian] Namibia's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free zone is not adequately prepared and ready for a potential outbreak of the animal disease. [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Food Agency Battles to Deal with Eastern DR Congo's Acute Hunger Crisis
[allAfrica] Geneva - Hunger is surging in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it is only able to [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Uganda: Emergency Maintenance Shuts Section of Mbarara-Ishaka Road
[Nile Post] The Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) has confirmed that a section of the Mbarara-Ishaka road will be temporarily closed on Friday, November 7, for emergency maint [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025
Nigeria: FEC Approves N43bn for Lagos-Ibadan Highway, Others
[Vanguard] The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Thursday, announced the approval of over N43 billion for the completion of Phase II, Section II of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as [...]
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Date: 07-Nov-2025