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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Liberia: Govt of Liberia, World Bank Break Ground for Installation of 20mw Solar Plant
[FrontPageAfrica] Montserrado County -- The Government of Liberia, in partnership with the World Bank, has officially broken ground for a 20MW solar power plant, a significant step [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Egypt: Egypt Eyes Major Infrastructure Investments in Somalia With High-Level Delegation Visit
[Radio Dalsan] Egypt's Minister of Transport, Kamel El-Wazir, along with a delegation of Egyptian businessmen, is set to visit Somalia in the coming days to explore investment oppo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ghana: Japan Ready to Help Build Ghana's Automobile Industry to Compete Globally - Ambassador
[Ghanaian Times] The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mochizuki Hisanobu, has expressed his government's readiness to help develop an automotive industry that can compete globally in [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Closing the Gap - How Rural Africa is Fighting for Internet Access
[allAfrica] In most small villages in rural Zimbabwe, school-going children and teachers walk several kilometres daily to the nearest towns in search of an Internet connection to c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Africa's Farming Future Could Include More Digital Solutions
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- More than 400 delegates and organizations working in Africa's farming sector are in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to discuss how digital agriculture can improve [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Unicef Seeks $165 Million for Therapeutic Food to Combat 'Silent Killer'
[UN News] Nearly two million children suffering from severe wasting are at risk of death due to funding shortages for life-saving Ready-to-use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) to treat the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Conflict, Climate Change Increase Hunger and Malnutrition Across Africa
[VOA] Geneva -- While the world's farmers produce more than enough food to feed the planet's nearly 8 billion people, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "hunger [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: Famine Takes Grip in Africa's Prolonged Conflict Zones
[ACSS] Eighty percent of the record 163 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including potentially 840,000 people in Sudan, South Sudan [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Midlands Exceeds 2024 Winter Wheat Target
[The Herald] Midlands exceeded its 2024 winter wheat target by 2 percent, aligning with its economic development plan, Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolut [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ethiopia: Yelemat Tirufat Gaining Momentum
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia, a nation endowed with vast agricultural potential, faces significant challenges in achieving food security. These challenges stem from a variety of und [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ethiopia: Doubling Investment Key to Transforming Smallholder Farming - PSI
[Ethiopian Herald] Improving the lives of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia requires doubling or tripling the current agricultural capital investment, according to the Policy Study I [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Liberia: Central Bank of Liberia Holds Strategic Stakeholders Engagement in Ganta
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County -- The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) recently concluded a one-day external stakeholders' engagement in Ganta, Nimba County. The event, which b [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
West Africa: Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency Investigates 42-Year-Old Cannabis Farmer in Nimba
[FrontPageAfrica] Tappita, Nimba -- Officers of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency are investigating a 42-yr-old cannabis famer who was on Saturday, October 12, arrested with a hu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Liberia: President Boakai At the 2024 World Food Forum
[FrontPageAfrica] Rome -- Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the 2024 World Food Forum in Rome, Italy on Monday told the gathering that the world is witnessing an alarming r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: NNFU Wants Mobile Unit Abattoir for Kunene
[New Era] The Namibia National Farmers' Union (NNFU) has reiterated its call for government to set up a mobile unit abattoir in the Kunene region to create market access opportunit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: Farmers Tips - Good Rainfall Does Not Guarantee Rangeland Recovery
[New Era] Arangeland refers to land inhabited by native plants (grass, forbs, shrubs and trees) and utilised by domestic and wild animals. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: Congested Farms Concern Omaheke Councillors
[New Era] Gobabis -- Crowded farms, hopelessness among corridor farmers and landlessness remain growing concerns in the Omaheke region, the regional leadership has admitted. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Namibia: Ovitoto Farmers Receive Free Lucerne
[New Era] Zebaldt Ngaruka [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Ghana: Fisheries Commission Trains Officers in Aquatic Animal Health Management
[GhanaToday] The Fish Health Unit (FHU) of the Fisheries Commission (FC), in collaboration with the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), has trained officers to enhance their know [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Uganda: Museveni Asks UPDF to Focus On Agriculture, Professionalism
[Nile Post] Turning his focus to agriculture, President Museveni called on the officers and local farmers to prioritize large-scale farming with irrigation, stressing crop diversif [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: World Food Day 2024 - a Quote From Slow Food President Edward Mukiibi
[Slow Food] "Today, on World Food Day, we celebrate the right to food as a fundamental part of a better life and a brighter future. Slow Food reaffirms its belief that food can be [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
East Africa: Enhancing Ethiopia's Coffee and Tea Sector -A Strategic Approach to Growth
[Ethiopian Herald] The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) is making significant strides in improving the production, quality, and export of the country's renowned coffee, te [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Africa: African Youth Encouraged to Champion Food Sovereignty
[Ethiopian Herald] The Ministry of Planning and Development (MoPD) emphasized the need for African youth to work collaboratively in driving food sovereignty and promoting agro-ecol [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Nigeria: After Momentary Relief, Inflation Hits 32.70% Amid Higher Food, Energy Prices
[This Day] Following two consecutive months of marginal decline, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and commodities shot up to 32.7 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe: Farmers Warned Against Planting With Recent Showers
[The Herald] Farmers should not start planting on the basis of the rains that have fallen in some parts of the country since Sunday, but should use the rains to accelerate land pre [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Oct-2024