Tag: food

Tunisia: Inflation stagnates at 6.7% in October for the third consecutive month

November 7, 2024

According to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), the inflation rate in October 2024 held steady at 6.7%. This overall stability reflects ... Read More

US deepens ties with Angola, in bid to counter Chinese and Russian influence in Africa

January 30, 2024

As the US top diplomat wrapped up his visit to Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Angola (21-26 January), experts have hailed what they call ... Read More

AfDB calls for more investment in agriculture to tackle Africa’s ‘great paradox of development’

November 10, 2023

Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the launch of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Alliance (SAPZ) to mobilize at least $2 billion in financing and ... Read More

Nigeria: nationwide strike suspended after talks between labour unions and president

August 5, 2023

Nigerian workers have suspended nationwide protests against a fuel subsidy removal and the rising cost of living following a meeting between union leaders with President ... Read More

China woos Ethiopia, pledging food, trade, investments for Horn of Africa

May 31, 2023

While China’s global competition has been a well-known fact, Beijing now signals an expansion of its ambitions in the Horn of Africa, as evidenced by ... Read More

Severe floods in Nigeria kill more than 600, slow shipments of aid

October 19, 2022

The heavy flooding in Nigeria, which has covered farms and roads and slowed shipments of food and fuel, has now displaced more than 1 million ... Read More

Amid escalating food crisis, African agriculture is set for fertilizer boom

September 22, 2022

With an estimated 346 million people across Africa being negatively impacted by a severe food crisis, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a ... Read More

Cost-of-living crisis: Africa faces new shock as war raises food and fuel costs

July 25, 2022

Hundreds of million of people all across Africa are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy ... Read More

Algeria: Soaring Food Prices Fuel Popular Resentment

March 31, 2017

Anger and frustration are mounting in Algeria following the  unprecedented increase in all food prices that hits badly the consumers in the OPEC member country. ... Read More

Water Scarcity in MENA region, FAO Rings Alarm Bell

March 13, 2017

The Food and Agriculture Agency of the UN (FAO) called for the adoption of immediate response to the dangers that may result from the rapidly ... Read More