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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Cameroon’s export prices rise 6.9% in 2024 according to INS report
Cameroon’s export price index rose 6.9% in 2024, driven primarily by agricultural products, particularly cocoa, rubber, and coffee, according to the National Institute of Statist [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Morocco: Historic Monuments in Marrakech Undergo Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation
[MAP] Marrakesh -- Marrakesh has launched a large-scale program to restore historic monuments damaged in the 2023 Al Haouz earthquake, with work carried out according to traditiona [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
East Africa: Ethiopia Outfoxes Egypt Over the Nile's Water With Its Mighty Dam
[Ghanaian Times] Inaugurate one of the world's biggest dams on a tributary of the River Nile, burying a colonial-era treaty that saw the UK guarantee the North African nation the l [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Eritrea: Construction of Additional Classrooms
[Shabait] Asmara, 09 September 2025 - As part of efforts to accommodate more school-aged children, new classrooms have been constructed at Adi-Hawsha Elementary School at a cost of [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
North Africa: Egypt Invites Investors to Apply for 11th Industrial Land Offering Ahead of Sept. 11 Deadline
[Egypt Online] Ministry of Industry has invited industrial investors to apply for the 11th round of industrial land allocations through the Made in Egypt Digital Platform (madein.e [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Africa: Child Obesity Level Surpasses Underweight Cases Worldwide for the First Time, Unicef Warns
[UN News] For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents worldwide, UNICEF [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Uganda: Bunyoro Kingdom , Encot Microfinance Ink MOU to Promote Soya Bean Farming
[Nile Post] The Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom (BKK) in partnership with ENCOT microfinance ltd have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a bid to promote soya bean farming as a sh [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Mauritius: Food Production - Evaluation of New High-Yield Potato Variety
[Government of Mauritius] A new high-yield potato variety dubbed 'Everest', was evaluated yesterday during a field visit held at Robinson, Curepipe. The visit was jointly organised [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Africa: Obesity Exceeds Underweight for the First Time Among School-Age Children and Adolescents Globally - UNICEF
[Unicef] One in 10 children worldwide living with obesity. Exposure to the marketing of ultra-processed foods found to be widespread [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Targets Asian Beef Markets, Scales Up Foot and Mouth Disease Surveillance
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe is stepping up efforts to expand beef exports to Asian markets, with authorities intensifying surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to safeguard herd [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Africa: 20 Million More Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Now Receive Govt-Led School Meals - WFP Report
[WFP] DAKAR/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI: Twenty million more children in Sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2022, according to the [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Africa: Feeding the Future - Africa Surges Ahead On School Meals
[WFP] Millions of new students are benefitting from school meals, as governments increasingly take leadership of WFP-supported programmes [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Uganda: Uganda,South Korea Launch Shs 14.8 Bn Rice Seed Project
[Nile Post] Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF), has partnered with South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), to l [...]
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Date: 10-Sep-2025
Kuwait’s fish sales reach US$3.2M in first quarter
KUWAIT – Kuwait’s Central Statistical Bureau has reported that the total value of locally sold fish in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to about US$3.2 million (KD970 [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Oman aquaculture output rises to 5,500 tonnes worth US$32.4 million
OMAN – Aquaculture production in Oman reached 5,500 tonnes in 2024, valued at more than US$32.4 million, according to figures released at the Fisheries Investment Opportu [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Birds Eye expands frozen food portfolio with prawns, new Chicken Shop items
USA – Birds Eye is adding new products to its frozen food range in the United Kingdom this September, extending both its seafood and Chicken Shop portfolios. Within it [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Australia’s VOAG hits the market in US$65 million sale as poultry competition grows
AUSTRALIA – VOAG, One of the largest privately held poultry businesses in Australia has been listed for sale, with its value estimated at more than US$65 million (A$100 m [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Hilton Foods reports higher meat sales while profits decline
UK – Hilton Food Group Plc has announced its financial results for the first half of 2025. The company reported that volumes in its meat and convenience categories gre [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Coca-Cola Icecek market share falls amid boycotts
TURKEY – Coca-Cola Icecek AS has recorded market share declines in two of its lar [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Sri Lanka targets US$2.5B in tea exports by 2030
SRI LANKA – The Sri Lankan government has unveiled a new five-year strategy aimed [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Mozambique bans ethanol in alcohol production, enforces stricter beverage regulations to safeguard public health
MOZAMBIQUE – The Mozambican government has banned the use of ethanol in the produ [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Ethiopia’s coffee exports earn US$2.7B as China emerges key growth market
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s coffee industry generated USD 2.7 billion in revenue in t [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Rainforest Alliance launches regenerative agriculture certification for coffee farmers
GLOBAL – The Rainforest Alliance has unveiled a new regenerative agriculture cert [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Southern Africa: From Limpopo to the SADC Stage - a Young Poultry Farmer's Journey
[Graça Machel Trust] "It's an honour to stand on a regional platform as a voice for Limpopo's women farmers. It's a reminder that rural excellence matters, and that women from und [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025
Nigeria: Poverty Reduction Surest Way to Fight Insecurity, Chinedumuije Urges Tinubu
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has been advised to deploy alternative means to combat the growing insecurity and violence across the country, especially in the North-East and N [...]
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Date: 09-Sep-2025