Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Zimbabwe: Farmers Prepare 9,2 Million Pfumvudza/Intwasa Plots
[The Herald] Farmers have established more than 9,2 million Pfumvudza/Intwasa plots as preparations for the 2025/26 summer cropping season gather pace. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Agric Agency, Firm to Revive Ora Mega Farm
[Leadership] National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has entered into partnership with Arzikin Noma Limited for the management of the Renewed Hope Mega Farm in Ora [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Nigeria: NAFDAC Boss, Adeyeye Pushes for Local Vaccine Manufacturing Before Leaving Office
[This Day] Abuja -- The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has expressed the hope that the nation [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2025
Wells Enterprises unveils Nutella, Kinder Bueno Frozen Desserts
USA – Wells Enterprises has announced the upcoming launch of two major frozen dessert innovations, Nutella Ice Cream and Kinder Bueno Frozen Dessert. The products will begin s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Celleste Bio unveils first chocolate-grade cocoa butter made through plant cell culture technology
ISRAEL – Celleste Bio™, an early-stage cocoa technology company, has announced a major milestone in sustainable food innovation with the launch of its chocolate-grade cocoa but [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nestlé launches Carnation pistachio flavour to elevate dessert experiences
UK – Nestlé is expanding its dessert innovation portfolio with the launch of Carnation Pistachio Flavour Drizzle, a premium dessert sauce that blends roasted pistachio flavour w [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Balchem unveils StabiliPro for enhancing probiotic stability, shelf life
USA – Balchem has announced the launch of StabiliPro, a new excipient portfolio developed to stabilize probiotic formulations and extend product shelf life. Designed to addr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Iraq reports major bird flu outbreak as H5N1 cases rise across Europe
IRAQ – Iraq has reported a serious outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the northern town of Bashiqa, where 12,000 poultry have died, according to the World Organisation fo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Ingredion appoints Patrick Kalotis as EVP of global texture & healthful solutions
USA – Ingredion Incorporated, a global leader in ingredient solutions for the food and beverage industry, has announced the appointment of Patrick Kalotis as Executive Vice Presi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nestlé Saudi Arabia, KAUST sign strategic MoU to advance food, agriculture, packaging innovation
SAUDI ARABIA – Nestlé Saudi Arabia has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), establishing a frame [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs under new CEO in major global restructuring
SWITZERLAND – Nestlé has announced plans to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide as part of a sweeping restructuring effort aimed at cutting costs, boosting efficiency, and regaining inves [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
How climateflation and water stress are reshaping Africa
In Lagos, a maize seller recently doubled her prices within a single year. In Morocco, pipelines stretch across barren plains, carrying desalinated water to farms that once relied [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Lesotho: Matekane Commends Road Fund for Its Diligence
[Lesotho Times] . . . as institution marks 30th anniversary [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Sudan: In Implementation of TSC Member Jabir's Directives
[SNA] Khartoum, Oct. 15, 2025 (SUNA) - As part of the efforts of the Higher Committee for Preparing the Environment for the Return of Citizens to Khartoum State, chaired by Member [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Uganda: Presidential Industrial Skilling Hubs Beneficiaries Trained in Management of Museveni's Shs8.8 Bn Empowerment Funds
[Nile Post] State House officials led by Eng. Raymond Kamugisha, the Director of Presidential Projects and Industrial Hubs, have met and held discussions with beneficiaries of the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Afe Babalola Raises the Alarm Over Bad Airport Roads in Ekiti, Urges FG to Come in
[This Day] Ado Ekiti -- Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, has raised concern over the bad state of the federal road leading t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Coastal Highway Cost Scandal - I'm Vindicated, Says Abubakar Atiku
[This Day] Abuja -- ·Wants the road project subjected to independent value-for-money audit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Liberia: Public Works Halts Bility's U.S.$500k Bridge Project in Bong
[Liberian Observer] GBARNGA -- The Ministry of Public Works has issued a suspension order halting construction activities on a US$500,000.00 bridge project in Gbarnga, Bong County, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Kenya: JKIA Reopens After Closure Due to Odinga's Mourners Infiltration
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Jkia has reopened after being shut for about two hours following an infiltration of the late Raila Odinga mourners whop had gathered to receive his body. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Kenya: Vandals Uproot Senate Pedestrian Gate Amid Standoff Over Raila Viewing
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Rowdy individuals vandalized and uprooted the pedestrian gate leading to the Senate on Thursday, following a heated standoff over public access to the preci [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Uganda: Spotlight On Coffee As Makerere Hosts Uganda Entrepreneurship Congress and Youth Expo
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Over 600 students from the College of Business and Management Sciences at Makerere University will, starting Thursday, showcase 300 diffe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Nalda Rolls Out Greenhouse Project to Boost Vegetables Output
[Leadership] The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has begun implementing a large-scale greenhouse farming initiative designed to strengthen vegetable produc [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Egypt: Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Leads Sudan's Delegation to the 3rd Arab Ministerial Meeting On Water and Agriculture in Cairo
[SNA] Cairo, Oct. 15, 2025 (SUNA) - Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Professor Ismat Gurashi, chaired Sudan's delegation to the Third Joint Ministerial Meeting of Arab Minis [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Inflation Declines Further to 18.02 Percent Amid Moderation in Food, Energy Prices, Fx Stability
[This Day] Abuja and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos -- The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and commodities eased to18.02 per cent in Sept [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025
Nigeria: Kefas - Agriculture Crucial to Deepening Nigeria's Economy Growth
[This Day] Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas on Monday in Lagos called on individuals, private organisations and government to give priority to Agriculture to deepen Nigeria's econ [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2025