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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Brazil faces poultry export halt as bird flu outbreak spreads
BRAZIL – Brazil has been temporarily barred from exporting poultry and meat produ [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
UK, EU to reduce meat trade checks
UK – The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to scale back border i [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Mosa Meat to seek approval in UK for use of cultivated beef fat
UK – Cultivated meat developer Mosa Meat has filed its first application for regu [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Nigeria to invest US6.2M in building new aquaculture centre in Epe
NIGERIA – Construction has commenced on a 35-hectare aquaculture project in Igbon [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Animal welfare officers euthanize over 350,000 Daybreak Foods’ chickens
SOUTH AFRICA – Animal protection officials in South Africa have carried out the m [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
IMCD expands food, nutrition portfolio in Spain with TECOM Ingredients acquisition
SPAIN – IMCD N.V. (IMCD), a global partner for the distribution and formulation o [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Hero mushroom transforms rural communities in Uganda to save cranes
The humble oyster mushroom has become an unexpected hero in the story of rural economic empowerment, one that is intimately connected to the conservation of the Endangered Grey Cro [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Nigeria: Two Years On
[This Day] Delta State is making steady progress in governance and infrastructure development, reckons CHINEDU CHIZEA [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Nigeria: Contractor Mobilises to Site for Damaturu Flyover
[Leadership] Yobe State government is set to start the construction of the Damaturu flyover and underpass bridge. [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Namibia: Sadzu Road Renamed in Honour of Former Namibian President Hage Geingob
[Namibian] Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Lusaka, Zambia, 16 May 2025 [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Africa: Another Year, Another Rise in Food Insecurity - Including Famine
[UN News] In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudan's Zamzam IDP camp. In the following months, the official alert expanded to other camps in Darfur and Western Nuba Mountains [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Africa: Terrorists Use Food As a Weapon - How Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab Exploit Hunger
[The Conversation Africa] Over the last decade, there has been growing international focus on the role of food in conflict, particularly in Africa. The continent has seen an increa [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Nigeria: Borno - How Boko Haram Killed 90 Farmers in 5 Months
[Daily Trust] At least 90 farmers and fishermen have been killed in two separate attacks by armed groups in the Lake Chad area of Borno State in the last five months. [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
Namibia: Fishermen's Protest to Resume Pending Presidential Confirmation
[Namibian] Mining Metal Maritime and Construction Workers Union general secretary Joseph Garoeb on Sunday said the protest of the fishermen employed under the government redress pr [...]
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Date: 19-May-2025
European commission approves US$5.6B French re-insurance scheme to safeguard wine and spirits exports to US
EU – The European Commission has approved a €5bn (US$5.6bn) French re-insurance [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Brown-Forman launches direct distribution in Italy, ends long-standing partnership with Korbel
ITALY – Brown-Forman Corporation, the owner of Jack Daniel’s, has announced the [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Ishida introduces x-ray system to elevate poultry bone detection
JAPAN – Ishida has released a new x-ray inspection system, the IX-PD-Poultry (IX- [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Cranswick shares fall as supermarkets cut ties over animal abuse allegations
UK – Shares in British pork producer Cranswick recently dropped by approximately [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Nestlé commissions school infrastructure in Ghana to support education, combat child labour
GHANA – Nestlé, in collaboration with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) a [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Brazil’s pork export volume is rising despite price challenges – CEPEA
BRAZIL – Brazil’s pork industry is facing a complex market this spring, with do [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Venky’s India reports sharp decline in Q4 profit as poultry margins narrow
INDIA – Venky’s India Ltd has recorded a 60% drop in its net profit for the fou [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
West African coastal communities face shrinking fish stocks, eonomic strain, report shows
WEST AFRICA – A new report warns that climate change and illegal fishing are putt [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Nigeria’s WIPVaC calls for investment in chicken processing facilities
NIGERIA – The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) is pushing the government to [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
China suspends meat imports from South Africa amid Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak
SOUTH AFRICA – China has halted imports of beef and related animal products from [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025
Liberia: Monrovia's Water Supply Hit By Pipe Rupture
[Liberian Observer] The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) has begun emergency repair work on a ruptured 36-inch steel transmission pipe--one of the capital's main water su [...]
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Date: 13-May-2025