Kenya
Food Security | Land rights | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services | Violence | War & Peace
Kenyan forces accused of blocking aid
afrol News, 21 July - An international humanitarian agency has accused Kenyan security forces today for blocking aid workers in the country's remote Mt Elgon district, where conflict between armed forces and militia has severely affected civilians. Read more
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Uganda
Affairs | Affairs | Disasters | Economy | People
Climate change bleaks Uganda coffee harvest
afrol News, 18 July - Climate change has the potential to bleak the future production of Uganda's major export, coffee, a British charity Oxfam warns in a report, urging the government to speed up the process of adapting to climate change by immediately implementing the National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA). Read more
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Tanzania
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Development | Diplomacy | Economy | Food Security | Law | People | Trade
Tanzania sugar prepares for global market
afrol News, 16 July - A six-year package of measures worth €6.5 million has been introduced by the European Commission (EC) for the development of Tanzania's sugar sector so that it can complete globally, the EC has announced. Read more
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Somalia
Crime | Disasters | Food Security | People | Social Services | Violence | War & Peace
Deteriorating security worrying in Somalia
afrol News, 15 July - United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia today expressed grave concern at the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country after two Somali aid workers were killed on Friday, while UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its transport agents was shot dead on Sunday. Read more
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Development | Food Security | Trade
SA to top maize exports, but...
afrol News, 8 July - South Africa is repositioning itself as major regional exporter of maize this year, with a sharp increase in exports due to regional demand as well as outside contracts. Read more
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Chad
Disasters | Food Security | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace
Fresh fighting deepens Chad's food insecurity
afrol News, 8 July - Renewed conflicts in Chad between government forces and rebel groups have caused food price hikes as well as enhanced civil insecurity in the Horn of Africa, after displaced people were forestalled from returning to their agricultural lands to get ready for this year's planting season. Read more
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Africa | Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | Food Security | People | Trade
Hope for African banana farmers
afrol News, 4 July - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's commitment to grant US $74,000 to sponsor the planned pan-African banana conference in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa is a blessing for African banana farmers.
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Cape Verde
Affairs | Affairs | Economy | Finance | Fisheries | Food Security | Nutrition | People | Poverty | Trade
More funds for Cape Verde's rural poor
afrol News, 27 June - Cape Verde Island's poverty eradication drive has been boost by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) pumping of US $4.2 million to the West African country's rural poor communities, bringing the agency's total supplementary loan funding for the programme to US $13.5 million.
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Africa | Kenya
Development | Food Security | Policy
Africa's green revolution needs sound policies
afrol News, 27 June - African governments have been urged to invest in rural infrastructure that will boost agriculture production by smallholder farmers in the continent. Top African policymakers meeting in Kenya this week, further called for appropriate policies if Africa was to achieve the green revolution and in eradicating poverty. Read more
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Southern Africa
Development | Fisheries | Policy
SADC battling with illegal fisheries
afrol News, 26 June - Sub Saharan Africa has been battling to control illegal fishing, which heavily impacts on poor southern states economy and environment. For countries whose economy base is on fisheries, they are left frustrated by scourge of illegal fishing, a SADC statement has said. Read more
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Kenya
Conservation | Development | Land rights | Wildlife
Tana's wildlife in Kenya at risk
afrol News, 24 June - Kenyan National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)'s decision to turn 20,000 hectares of the pristine Tana Delta into irrigated sugarcane plantations has not bode well with conservationists and residents, who argue the move is detrimental to wildlife in the area. Read more
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Mauritania
Development | Food Security | Livestock | Policy | Poverty
Mauritania seeks to avoid global hikes' shocks
afrol News, 23 June - Re-injecting new life in rural economic activities and agriculture sector, could save Mauritania extended shocks brought about by a global record hike in fuel and food prices. This is one major observation made by the World Bank during its recent visit in the country. Read more
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Africa | Kenya
Development | Food Security | Policy | Poverty
Africa's agric produce compromised
afrol News, 19 June - Current hike in food prices and other related social challenges, aggravating rampant food insecurity in Africa, are said to be putting severe strains on continent's agricultural production, UN's Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has said. Read more
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Somalia
Disasters | Food Security | Refugees - Displaced
Floods kill 6 in Somalia
afrol News, 16 June - Deadly torrential rains in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, killed six affecting thousands in refugee camps over the past weekend, adding to worsening humanitarian crisis in the country. Read more
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Ethiopia
Food Security | Poverty
Millions face starvation in Ethiopia
afrol News, 13 June - Over 4.6 million Ethiopians are reported to be in desperate need of food, following a severe drought which struck the east African country since early part of the year, hence government has appealed to international donors to lend a helping hand. Read more
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