Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Zambia: WFP Welcomes a Contribution From Finland to Boost School Meals Programme in Zambia
[WFP] Lusaka -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of Finland to strengthen Zambia's national school meals pro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Nigeria: Ndume Hails Govt Over Declaration of Emergency On Food Security
[Premium Times] Mr Ndume said the declaration of emergency would stabilise the prices of food items and reduce economic hardship for millions of Nigerians. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe: Buy Rating for Padenga As Gold Fuels Profit Bonanza
[The Herald] Padenga Holdings Limited, once a modest player in Zimbabwe's agro sector, has cemented its transformation into a gold mining powerhouse, reporting a historic financial [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe: Zim, China to Hold Inaugural Tobacco Expo
[The Herald] Zimbabwe and China are set to hold an inaugural tobacco expo in September to facilitate exchange of ideas, showcase innovative technologies, and explore transformative [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Effort to Export Value Added Coffee Should Be Intensified
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopian coffee, which has achieved historical success in terms of production, quality and revenue, is increasingly in demand in the domestic and international [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Nigeria: Prices of Ginger, Garri, Others Push Rebased Inflation to 24.23% in March
[Daily Trust] Nigeria's headline inflation has increased to 24.23 per cent in March. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Gambia: Ebid Grants $10 Million Loan to Gambia to Boost Food Security
[Foroyaa] The President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Donkor, has announced a $10 million public sector loan to The Gambia in support [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Africa: Food Insecurity an Unprecedented Crisis Worldwide
[IPS] Baltimore, Maryland -- Last year, 343 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). That's 10 percent higher than in 20 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Nigeria: Tinubu Declares Emergency On Food Security
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu has declared a national emergency on food security, calling for expanded irrigation infrastructure and participatory water resource management. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 16, 2025
[allAfrica] Malawi Economic Crisis Deepens As U.S. Cuts $177 Million in Vital Aid [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Apr-2025
Indian Shrimp exporters face mounting losses
INDIA – Thousands of shipping containers filled with frozen shrimp from India risk b [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Freja expands its instant bone broth range with new Asian-inspired flavours
UK – UK-based bone broth brand Freja is rolling out two new limited-edition addition [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
UK pork output rises in early 2025 as exports to China resume
UK – Pork production in the United Kingdom reached 244,500 tonnes between January an [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley to retire in 2025
USA – Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley has announced plans to retire by the end of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Nigeria, China’s SINOMACH ink US$1B deal to boost local sugar production
NIGERIA – The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) of Nigeria has signed a Memo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
African Originals expands 5.8 Gin brand with launch of new RTD flavors
KENYA – African Originals has officially introduced a new range of Ready-to-Drin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Tanzania assures sugar supply stability amid factory shutdowns, policy overhaul
TANZANIA—Tanzania has assured consumers that there will be no sugar shortages this s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Pakistan proposes 20% health tax on ultra-processed foods, beverages in FY2025-26 budget
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Ministry of Health has proposed the introduction of a 20% he [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
European Food Safety Authority reaffirms safety of neohesperidine dihydrochalcone in animal feed
EUROPE – In a scientific opinion published on April 10, 2025, EFSA’s Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) confirmed that NHDC, use [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Bühler Group’s Edyta Margas elected Vice Chair of IAFP European Symposium Committee
EUROPE – Bühler Group’s Global Head of Food Safety, Edyta Margas, has been elected Vice Chair of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) European Sy [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Nigeria’s Cross River State second to commence construction of its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone
Nigeria’s Cross River State became the second to mark construction of a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone after the country’s Vice President Kashim Shettima and African D [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Liberia: Storm Destroys Health Facility in River Gee
[New Dawn] The Potupo Jayproken Clinic in River Gee County has suffered severe damage following a violent storm that recently swept through the region. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Nigeria: FG Flags Off Reconstruction of Over N700bn Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway
[This Day] *Umahi says Tinubu building roads that will last 50-100 years [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Nigeria: FG to Spend N777bn to Complete Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has stated that the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway would gulp N777bn to be completed. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025
Tanzania: Tanzania's Pace in Implementing Big Projects Impresses Diaspora
[Daily News] BELGIUM -- TANZANIANS living in Belgium and Luxembourg have expressed their satisfaction with the pace at which major development projects are being implemented under [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2025