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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Liberia: Liberian Swedish Feeder Roads Project Launches Major Roadworks in Lofa, Nimba, and Bong Counties.
[New Dawn] A significant rural infrastructure project has been launched across three key Liberian counties--Lofa, Nimba, and Bong--under the Liberian Swedish Feeder Roads Project, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Nigeria: We've Strengthened ICRC As Engine Room for Nigeria's Infrastructure Revolution - Tinubu
[Vanguard] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that his administration has significantly strengthened the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), transforming [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Liberia: Lawmakers Approve Bill to Modernize, Regulate Ports
[Liberian Observer] In a major step toward strengthening the maritime sector and boosting national infrastructure, the Liberian Legislature has approved a landmark bill that grants [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
South Africa: Gauteng to Release Forensic Reports on 88 Staff - South African News Briefs - June 26, 2025
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Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Africa: Unseen, Untreated, Lethal - The Threat of Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections in Africa
[allAfrica] "You can't fight what you can't see. We need better diagnostics to stop C. auris from spreading." [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Ghana: North Dayi District to Utilise Volta River for Farming - DCE
[Ghanaian Times] The North Dayi District is poised to utilise the year-round waters of the Volta River and the River Dayi for a significant irrigation initiative, as stated by the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Uganda: Women Coffee Farmers in Bugisu Call for Fair, Inclusive Coffee Value Chain
[Nile Post] Women coffee farmers in Uganda's Bugisu region have called for greater equity, inclusion, and accountability in the country's coffee value chain. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Liberia: Christ Vision Ministries to Launch Locally Produced 'Living Manna Rice'
[New Dawn] Christ Vision Ministries, through its agricultural cooperative--The Rice, Cassava, and Vegetable Producer and Processor Union of Liberia--has announced the upcoming rele [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Jun-2025
Radico Khaitan launches ‘Magic Moments Flavours of India’ vodka range
INDIA – Radico Khaitan Limited has introduced a new range of flavoured vodkas und [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
KKR set to acquire 85% stake in Chinese beverage firm Dayao
CHINA – Global private equity firm KKR is nearing a deal to acquire an 85% contro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Treasury Wine Estates launches ‘Treasury Collective’ to drive global premium wine growth
AUSTRALIA – Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has announced the launch of ‘Treasury C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Ghana cocoa farmers eye bumper 2025/26 harvest amid persistent challenges
GHANA – Cocoa farmers in Ghana are forecasting a significant increase in harvest [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Nestlé income accelerator yields strong results for cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire
COTE D’IVOIRE – Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Programme is demonstrating tangi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Uganda: Ibanda District Chairperson Arrested Over Unauthorised Road Works
[Nile Post] Ibanda District Chairperson Happy Herbert Mayanja was arrested on Monday morning and later released on police bond over allegations of unlawfully tampering with the Iba [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Liberia: Bility, Kunkun Cares Foundations Partner to Construct Nyonken Bridge in River Gee
[FrontPageAfrica] Tienpo, River Gee County -- In a landmark move to reconnect the long-isolated Tienpo Administrative District, the Bility Foundation and the Kunkun Cares Foundatio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Liberia: Shara Community Begin 100,000 Road Rehabilitation to Ease Dwellers Years Constraints
[FrontPageAfrica] Shara Community has commerce its Road Construction process, after years deplorable road condition faces by residents of that part of Paynesville. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Epukiro Sand Roads Torment Users
[New Era] - The recent rain that poured in the Epukiro constituency, caused heavy damage to many gravel roads used by residents. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Uganda: Kadaga Nominated, Vows to Complete Plans for Jinja International Airport
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- First Deputy Prime Minister and longtime legislator Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has been duly nominated to contest as the National Resistance Movemen [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Somalia: Somalia's Journey of Hunger
[WFP] How conflict and extreme weather have displaced millions and fuelled severe food insecurity in the Horn of Africa country [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Nigeria: Tinubu Commissions Over 10,000 Farm Equipment
[Daily Trust] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned over 10,000 farm equipment, complimentary implements and sets of spare parts to boost agricultural mechanisation in the c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Ethiopia: Trade Fair Showcases Growth Opportunities for Coffee Exporters
[Ethiopian Herald] Coffee exporters participating in the 7th International Trade Fair have expressed optimism that the event will expand market opportunities, accelerate technologi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Liberia: Equal Rights, Equal Power
[Liberian Observer] For two decades, Sarah and her husband farmed their land, growing pepper and cassava in a small rural town in Liberia's Bong County. As iscommon in Liberia, the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Local Abattoirs Slaughter Over 4 000 Pigs ...As Market Remains Unstable
[New Era] The Namibian pig farming industry has since May last year remained on tenterhooks, with the sector having recently recorded a slight decrease of 0.34% in May this year, a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Farmers' Kraal With Hanks Saisai - Strategies for Preventing Post-Harvest Losses
[New Era] Many farmers across Namibia have achieved substantial cereal grain yields due to the normal to above-normal rainfall received across the country. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025
Namibia: Kharas Farmers Push for Neckartal Green Scheme
[New Era] Farmers in the Kharas region are calling on government through the ministry of agriculture to expedite the operationalisation of green schemes around the Neckartal Dam, s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2025