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GIVEN JAMAICA’S many offerings to the world – from endemic plant and animal species to awe-inspiring sportswomen and men, celebrated academics and accomplished statesmen – the island has the reputation of being ‘likkle but tallawah’. The same can...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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South Sudan: AfDB Gives South Sudan U.S.$14 Million Grant to Boost Agriculture

[East African] Juba -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with South Sudan to give Juba a $14 million grant to boost agriculture.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Proposal to dissolve food reserve fund sparks disquiet

A proposal to dissolve the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund (SFRTF) and have its functions transferred to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has sparked disquiet with a section of leaders from the Western region now alleging the hand of cartels in the

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Kenyatta moves to reassert control of ruling party

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is moving to reassert control of his ruling Jubilee Party by purging the parliamentary leadership of rebels who have threatened to derail his legacy, succession and post-pandemic economic recovery

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Source: The East African

Africa: COVID-19 Could Deepen Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in Africa

Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security, which is likely to exacerbate the already considerable burden of malnutrition in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: World Bank Announces U.S.$500 Million to Fight Locusts, Preserve Food Security and Protect Livelihoods

The World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight the locust swarms that are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: The Critical Role of Women in Avoiding a COVID-19 "Food Pandemic" in Sub-Saharan Africa

But averting what some experts believe could be a food crisis of immense proportions requires paying close attention to an often overlooked feature of food security in the region: African women play a large and growing role in all aspects of the region's food systems--whether it's growing crops and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Inside the Country's 10 Multi-Billion Dollar Green Projects

Rwanda recently submitted its new national climate plan dubbed "Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)" to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Why It's So Critical to Continuously Monitor and Manage Plant Diseases

Yet food and forest production systems, as well as native environments around the world, are just as threatened by emerging

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cameroon: Supreme Court Audit Bench - Senators Recommend Management, Financial Autonomy

After listening to Mrs. Justice Justine Fofung epouse Nabum Wacka, Acting President of the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, present her report on recent activities and plans for the future, most of the senators who reacted recommended the urgent need for the Audit Bench

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: NCDC Warns Against Self-Medication

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has kicked against self-medication of any kind by COVID-19 patients in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ghana: Gasip Honours 59 Farmers in UER

Bolgatanga — The Upper East Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr Francis Ennor, has assured farmers in the region that the Ministry of Food and Agriculture will not withdraw its interventions to them in this farming season as a result of the coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cameroon: Fight Against Food Insecurity - Gardening Project Launched

[Cameroon Tribune] The project that will take place in the Douala-Buea peri-urban areas was launched in Douala on Friday November 27, 2020.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sudan's Transitional Government Must Be Supported Through COVID-19. Here's Why

Sudan is a prime example of states facing these dimensions of fragility, now made worse by

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Source: allAfrica.com

How this Sierra Leonean immigrant in Germany turned his beekeeping hobby into a flourishing business - Face2Face Africa

If there is a positive side to the COVID-19 era, it would be how it has brought out the creativity and the entrepreneurial ingenuity of many people across the globe during the lockdown. The era has seen many people turn their side hustles and hobbies into flourishing businesses. Christopher

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Earth Today | FAO gets implementing entity status with the Adaptation Fund

The Adaptation Fund has expanded its reach to identify and develop tangible climate-smart projects in vulnerable countries, with the recent approval of a new implementing partner in the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). FAO has become the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Angola Highlights Actions for Children

Stressing the importance of the date, the provincial director of the National Child Institute (INAC) in southern Cunene province, Hélder dos Santos, referred to

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Source: allAfrica.com

East Africa: Relentless Locusts Return in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

East Africa hit by a second wave of locusts leaving millions of people food insecure

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Source: allAfrica.com

Yatani disbands Wekesa team in bid to calm storm at NCPB

Yatani disbands Wekesa team in bid to calm storm at NCPB

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Source: Business Daily

Earth Today | ‘Join the WAVE’ - Natural History Museum makes World Wetlands Day 2021 a virtual affair

THE NATURAL History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) is making the celebration of World Wetlands Day 2021 a month-long, virtual affair and with the focus on‘wetlands and water. With their local subtheme ‘Join the WAVE (Wetlands Awareness...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Nigeria: Davido, Burna Boy to Feature in Idris Elba's Africa Day Benefit Concert

Nigeria's A-list musicians, Davido and Burna Boy, are lining up alongside other African music stars to perform at an online concert to be hosted by Hollywood actor, Idris

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa's Achievements and Challenges

On the Commemoration of This Year's Africa Day, He Spoke About Africa's Achievements So Far and the Challenges

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Key Points From Buhari's Democracy Speech

Government is also revamping the cotton, textile and garment sector via a CBN Textile Revival Intervention Fund that would considerably reduce foreign exchange spent on cotton and other textile

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Source: allAfrica.com

NDEGWA: What Africa must do to bridge digital divide

What Africa must do to bridge digital divide

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Source: Business Daily

EDITORIAL: Addressing the food security challenge timely

EDITORIAL: Addressing the food security challenge timely

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Source: Business Daily

Virus drives Malawi tobacco farmers to the brink

During his 15 years as a Malawian tobacco farmer, Boniface Namate has had to overcome many difficulties growing the plant that is the country's biggest export

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Source: The East African

Kenya to Lose Sh13.6 Billion as Disasters Raid Farms

[Nation] The country is expected to lose approximately Sh13.6 billion worth of farm produce this year due to the locust invasion, floods and restriction of movement imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Today is World Environment Day

Writing in the Ghana Daily Mail, Mr Prosper Kwame Antwi – a prominent conservationist and biodiversity expert, calls on governments and people of the world in general, and Ghana in particular, to harness and utilise natural resources in a sustainable manner that puts the environment at the heart of

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Uganda’s $12b budget offers tax waivers, credit access to SMEs

In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business

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Source: The East African

Uganda: Scientists Recommend Govt to Extend COVID-19 Lockdown

A new study by scientists at Makerere University College of Natural Sciences has recommended that government extends the Covid-19 lockdown up to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Somalia: Using Innovation to Deliver in Somalia Despite COVID-19

Movement and trade restrictions triggered by the virus have not only impacted how we operate in Somalia but they may also drive up the number of people in need of emergency food and livelihoods

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Source: allAfrica.com

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