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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Pernod Ricard acquires full ownership of South African gin brand Inverroche
SOUTH AFRICA – French spirits giant Pernod Ricard has acquired the remaining shar [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Dangote Group set to invest over US$700M to end raw sugar imports in Nigeria
NIGERIA – Dangote Group President Aliko Dangote has reaffirmed the company’s co [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Treasury Wine Estates retains commercial brands after failing to secure satisfactory offer
AUSTRALIA – Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has decided to retain its commercial wine [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Nestlé reports 2.2% sales growth but warns of profit margin decline in 2025
SWITZERLAND – Nestlé has reported better-than-expected annual sales growth for 2 [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Suez Canal transits expected to resume before 2025 ends: Drewry Survey
EGYPT – Drewry reports that most shipping stakeholders anticipate transits throug [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Cargill Incorporation to close Hazleton cocoa plant
USA – Cargill Inc., an American multinational food corporation, has announced pla [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
The Greenery secures EU funding after years away from subsidy scheme
NETHERLANDS – Dutch fresh produce company, The Greenery, has received approval fr [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Kraft Heinz reports US$2.7B net income FY 2024
USA – Kraft Heinz has announced that the net income for the year that ended on 28 [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Unilever announces 4.2%sales growth in FY 2024 results
UK – Unilever, a British multinational Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Company, has an [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
CGIAR opens new regional hub in Kenya to scale science-based agricultural solutions for Africa
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the global partnership for a food-secure future has announced the launch of the new Regional East and Souther [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Liberia: Public Works Embarks On Demolition Exercise in Monrovia
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) has embarked on a massive demolition exercise in District #7, Montserrado County, to clear alleys and facilit [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Liberia: Loguatuo Road Project Stalls
[Liberian Observer] As AML remain mute over the collapsed of Ganta - Yekepa Road [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Uganda: WFP Welcomes Contribution From Government of Uganda to Support Learning and Nutrition for Karamoja Students
[WFP] Kampala -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of UGX2.5 billion (US$680,000) from the Government of Uganda to support Home-Grown School [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Sudan: WFP Welcomes Contribution From Japan to Save Lives in War-Torn Sudan
[WFP] The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of JPY 150 million (approx. US $1 million) from the Government of Japan for its operations in Sudan. Thi [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Zambia: WFP and the EU Empower Zambia's Disaster Response With Cutting-Edge Drone Technology
[WFP] The World Food Programme (WFP), with funding from the European Union (EU), has donated three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones) to Zambia's Disaster Manage [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Zimbabwe: Minister Masuka Wins Global Award for Agricultural Excellence
[The Herald] Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka received the prestigious Best World Minister Award at the World Government Summ [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Shortage of Humanitarian Routes Threatens Aid Operation, Top UN Official Warns
[UN News] As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country's top UN humanitarian official has told UN News tha [...]
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
South Africa: Calls Grow to Dissolve Joburg Water Board Amid Crisis - South African News Briefs - February 14, 2025
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Date: 14-Feb-2025
UK Government releases food security report
UK – The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
France release food safety findings on retail poultry contamination rates
FRANCE – A French surveillance operation sanctioned by the authorities has report [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Perdido River Meats opens new US$29M meat processing facility
USA – Perdido River Meats, a division of Perdido River Farms, is opening a new meat [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Almunajem’s Balady Poultry Trading Co. to invest US$304M in poultry operations, expansion plan
SAUDI ARABIA – Balady Poultry Trading Co. is rolling out a five-year expansion strat [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Rwanda to target 20% increase in meat production by 2029, government says
RWANDA – Rwanda plans to raise its annual meat production from 207,097 tonnes in the [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Heineken reports strong 2024 performance, announces US$1.55B share buyback
NETHERLANDS – Heineken has posted an 8.3 percent increase in annual organic operatin [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025
Kenya Breweries wins 2024 Solenis Sustainability Award for water recovery project
KENYA – Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has been awarded the 2024 Solenis Sustainabili [...]
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Date: 13-Feb-2025