Senegal
Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
India exports rice to Senegal
afrol News, 28 April - President Abdoulaye of Senegal has assured his citizens that Indian authorities have agreed to supply 600,000 tonnes of rice annually to the west African country for six years. Like many countries in Africa, rice is a key staple food in Senegal.
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Zimbabwe
Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Human rights
Zim police chief fires threats
afrol News, 14 March - Zimbabwe's police chief, Augustine Chihuri, has threatened that he would resist against attempts by opposition puppets to unseat the incumbent President Robert Mugabe on 29 March combined polls.
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Gambia
Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Gambia's agric minister fired
afrol News, 12 March - Dr Kanja Sanneh, The Gambia's Minister of Agriculture, has become the latest casualty of President Yahya Jammeh's hiring and firing spree. Read more
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Africa
Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights
African NGOs call for moratorium on biofuels
African Future, 20 February - Uproar is slowly spreading among African civil society organisations and scientists, fearing that the biofuel revolution will bring more food insecurity, higher food prices and hunger to the continent. A petition calling for a "moratorium on new agrofuel developments in Africa" has so far been signed by over 30 NGOs all over the continent.
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Zimbabwe
Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights | Science - Education
ZANU-PF chefs’ kids deported
afrol News, 5 September - The media campaign against the ruling ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe is slowly but surely paying some dividends, as western governments have started deporting the children of the party’s elites and cronies from their countries. Read more
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