Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Sazerac invests over US$38M to expand Indiana distillery operations
USA – Sazerac Company has announced plans to invest more than US$38 million in e [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
France imposes temporary ban on cattle exports as lumpy skin disease spreads
FRANCE – France has introduced a nationwide ban on cattle exports and public livestock events, including bullfighting, in an effort to contain the spread of lumpy skin di [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
New Zealand red meat exports maintains high value amid global demand
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s red meat exports remained strong in July, with total export earnings reaching about US$513 million (NZ$864 million), supported by firm globa [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Taiwan’s first seafood farm joins ASC improver programme
TAIWAN – Tuna Rich Trade & Fishery Co., Ltd., based in Kaohsiung, has become the first seafood farm in Taiwan to enter the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Impro [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Nigeria’s livestock ministry introduces special vehicles for safer animal transport
NIGERIA – The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development is introducing specially designed vehicles to enhance animal transport across Nigeria under cleaner and more regul [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Morocco signs new fisheries cooperation agreement with Russia
RUSSIA – Morocco has entered into a new maritime fisheries cooperation agreement with Russia, setting the stage for continued fishing operations by Russian vessels in Mor [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Arla Foods Ingredients unveils new concept to redefine protein bar innovation
USA – Arla Foods Ingredients has introduced a new concept aimed at transforming how protein bar manufacturers balance nutrition, texture, and taste. Debuting at Supp [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Synergy Flavours introduces paired-to-perfection solutions for greens powders
USA – Synergy Flavours, a global expert in flavour creation and taste modulation, has unveiled a new range of flavour-paired concepts designed to elevate the sensory appe [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Symrise invests in Cellibre to advance fermentation-based flavor innovation
USA – Symrise has announced a strategic equity investment in Cellibre, a U.S.-based biotechnology company pioneering sustainable biomanufacturing, to accelerate the devel [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Oct-2025
Unilever delays Magnum Ice Cream spin-off amid U.S. Government shutdown
USA – Unilever has announced a delay in the planned demerger and listing of its Magnum Ice Cream Company, citing the ongoing U.S. federal government shutdown as the key r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Oct-2025
Morocco’s CANNAFLEX exports first cannabis-based medicine
Morocco’s legal cannabis industry has reached a new stage in its development with its first international sale of a cannabis-based drug. Beldiya Plus°, developed by the Moroccan [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Uganda: Skilling Hubs Beneficiaries Urged to Lead the Way in Championing Museveni's Wealth Creation Vision
[Nile Post] The State House Comptroller, Ms. Jane Barekye, has implored beneficiaries of the Zonal Presidential Industrial Skilling Hubs to be a testimony to President Museveni's w [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Oct-2025
Kenya: Fish Is Good Food and Demand Outstrips Supply in Kenya - How to Produce More and Get It to Market Safely
[The Conversation Africa] Fish are a nutritious, affordable protein and source of income to those who catch and sell them. As millions of people in Africa suffer from undernutritio [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Golden Penny Foods Marks 65th Anniversary With N4b Promotion
[This Day] Golden Penny Foods Limited, the provider of superior-quality African brands that inspire consumers every day, and the iconic brand of Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN), is se [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Oct-2025
Uganda: Omoro - Museveni Promises Special Consideration for Acholi in New Cattle Compensation Model
[Nile Post] President Museveni has promised that the government is going to give special consideration to Acholi under the new format of the cattle compensation program, which will [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Oct-2025
Africa: Agricultural Innovation to Top Agenda At 2025 Africa Expo
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Africa's agricultural modernization is set to take center stage as stakeholders from across the continent and beyond prepare for the 2025 Africa Internation [...]
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Date: 22-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Reps Warn Food Vendors Against Using Embalming Chemicals to Preserve Frozen Foods
[Vanguard] The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged use of toxic and cancer-causing chemicals as preservatives in frozen foods sold in Nigerian markets. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Oct-2025
Zimbabwe: Highway Overhaul to Power Trade, Tourism and Industry
[The Herald] THE ongoing rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway, together with the proposed upgrade of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road under a public-private partnershi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Afe Babalola Slams Govt. Over Poor Infrastructure, Cites Bad Road Network, Epileptic Power Supply
[Vanguard] ...as Legal Icon donates N200m for Cooperative Societies, Pavilion Project at Ekiti Monarch's Palace [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Ghana in talks with Brazil’s Nutroeste to boost livestock sector
Ghana, through its embassy in Brazil, has begun talks with Brazilian animal feed manufacturer Nutroeste Nutrição Animal to strengthen its domestic livestock industry. The partner [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Tiny parasitic wasp helping Kenyan farmers control papaya mealybug
A tiny parasitic wasp, Acerophagus papayae, is helping Kenyan farmers recover from the devastation caused by the papaya mealybug, an invasive pest that arrived in Kenya in 2016. Wi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Namibia: Omusati Farmers Call for Region-First Food Sourcing
[Namibian] The Olushandja Horticulture Producers Association (OHPA) has urged the Onesi constituency councillor to ensure school food suppliers in the Omusati region buy fresh prod [...]
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Date: 20-Oct-2025
Egypt: WFP Egypt & El Gouna Film Festival Spotlight Food Security Through Cinema in the Festival's 8th Edition
[WFP] El Gouna, Egypt -- El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), is dedicating its 8th edition to one of the world's most [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Experts Task Households On Organic Backyard Farming
[Leadership] Nigerian households have been charged to embrace the practice of backyard farming to grow organic foods with the aid of climate smart agricultural methods. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Zimbabwe: Let's Continue Planting Trees, President Mnangagwa Exhorts
[The Herald] Mutare -- Zimbabweans continue planting trees to promote environmental conservation, President Mnangagwa has said. [...]
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Date: 20-Oct-2025