Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nigerians Suffer Food Price Surges Amidst Dwindling Income

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Nigeria: Covid-19 - Nigerians Suffer Food Price Surges Amidst Dwindling Income

[Premium Times] Amid rising poverty, Nigeria's food inflation has reached new levels and is telling on Nigerians daily.

With an economy battered by coronavirus, locust invasion and floods, Kenya’s Finance Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani on June 11 tabled a Ksh2.79 trillion ($27.9 billion) budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year that seeks to revive almost every sector of the economy as quickly as possible and still keep

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Source: The East African

Dentistry office offers grocery giveaway in Bishop Arts on Saturday

MINT dentistry’s goal of putting smiles on people’s faces doesn’t stop during a pandemic: To help a community in need, the dentistry practice is providing groceries for people who are experiencing food

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Source: North Dallas Gazette

Africa: United States and the African Development Bank

It also critically examines inequalities between the global North and the global South, the growing influence of China's trade relations with Africa and, more importantly, it unpacks the deeply absorbed capitalist globalised hierarchies and the deep structures of racial thinking in the emerging

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Desert Locust Upsurge Remains Critical

The current situation remains extremely alarming in East Africa where Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia continue to face an unprecedented threat to food security and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Seafood Industry Braces Up for Post-COVID Blue Economies

The Norwegian Seafood Council, NSC, has concluded plans to use the Nigeria's seafood industry to reboot the economy and get its workforce up and running again despite the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Brace for long battle with locusts: FAO

Even as governments in the region scramble resources to minimise the damage expected from a new wave of desert locust invasion, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) warns the surge may not be controlled by

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Source: The East African

IMF approves $50 million for Liberia as the country runs out of hard currency

Yesterday, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced that it has approved the disbursement of SDR36.17 million (US$50 million – equivalent to 1.7 percent of the country’s GDP) to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in support of the Liberian

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Africa: 'Coronavirus - Malnutrition Could Be Deepened in Africa'

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned that the potential impact of COVID -19 on food security in Africa is likely to exacerbate the already existing burden of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Black America speaks. America should listen.

30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in

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Source: theGrio

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

Kenya: Safi Organics Turns Farm Waste into Black Gold and Poor Farmers into Entrepreneurs

"This is the kind of impact we would like to deliver to smallholder farmers across the African continent," says Joyce Kamande, one of 25 African entrepreneurs who spent six weeks at Oklahoma State University last year as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a flagship programme of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Namibia: 100 Finalists for Ideathon #AfricaVsVirus Challenge Announced

The African Development Bank this week announced the 100 finalists from the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge ideathon to find solutions to challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Two Kenyan Tech-Driven Firms Rank Top Globally

Two Kenyan start-ups are among 100 technology firms that have made it to the 2020 Technology Pioneers list by the World Economic Forum

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga On Increased Wheat Production, Private Sector Support

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga says there was need for an increased investment in wheat production in the once mainstay of the economy through private sector support on individual

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Can We Solve Hunger in South Africa?

Food insecurity and violence are close companions, a connection exposed in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown when conflict over food parcels

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Source: allAfrica.com

Libya: Conflict and the COVID-19 Pandemic Present a Significant Threat to Life in Libya

In March 2020, humanitarian partners reported a total of 851 access constraints on movement of humanitarian personnel and humanitarian items within and into

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Source: allAfrica.com

Big Sean And Rihanna Team Up To Support Detroit COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Songstress and mogul Rihanna has teamed up with rapper Big Sean to provide relief for underserved communities that have been significantly impacted by the health crisis, Revolt

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Source: NewsOne

South Africa: Who Has Been Hit Hardest By South Africa's Lockdown? We Found Some Answers

In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers globally have the difficult task of balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic costs, particularly the burdens lockdowns impose on low-income and food-insecure

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Source: allAfrica.com

President Bio takes to the red carpet in style to launch national tree planting

Launching the country’s national tree planting, afforestation, and reforestation project at Mortomeh in Bathurst, Freetown two days ago, 5th June 2020, this is what president

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

African Countries Need to Seize Opportunities Created By US-China Tensions

In the current context of rising geopolitical tensions between the US and China, African countries may find themselves repeating the same mistakes unless they proactively shape their own

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Source: allAfrica.com

Treasury fails to impress with budget plan

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has torn apart Treasury's budget for the new financial year that starts in July, arguing that it has mixed up priorities and lacks a stimulus package to jump-start the

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

West Africa: The Sahel - 'In Every Sense of the Word a Crisis'

United Nations — The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global coronavirus pandemic expected to exacerbate the

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Source: allAfrica.com

JAY-Z Signs Marcus Rashford To Roc Nation Sports As The Footballer Fights To End Food Insecurity Caused By COVID-19

And Roc Nation Sports, JAY-Z’s sports management agency arm of his label, recognizes the power these players have and has added another forward to his roster in Marcus

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Africa: Why the World Needs to Ensure Wild Species Are Used Sustainably

Recognising the value of wild species will both support rural livelihoods and provide important incentives for their sustainable

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Source: allAfrica.com

Waiver on seeds inspection fees at country of origin boosts

Waiver on seeds inspection fees at country of origin boosts traders

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Source: Business Daily

Zimbabwean Farmers Get Tech Savvy to Stay in Business – Voice and Viewpoint

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Quickfresh co-founder Rumbidzai Mbambo makes daily runs supplying fresh produce to her growing list of

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

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