Food Security
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Namibia Halts Meat Exports After rare Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak
Namibia is now the eighth country in southern Africa to be hit by FMD this year following Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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EU Agency Proposes Toxin Dose Limits in Powdered Milk
The EFSA said that a concentration of over 0.054 micrograms of cereulide per litre in infant formula or over 0.1 micrograms per litre in follow-on formula “may lead to safe levels being exceeded”.
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Marekani yarejesha msaada wa chakula Somalia
Mwanzoni mwa Januari, Washington ilisimamisha msaada huo kwa Somalia kufuatia taarifa za wizi na kuingiliwa kwa shughuli za misaada na Serikali ya Somalia. Marekani ilidai kuwa maofisa wa Somalia walikamata kinyume cha sheria tani 76…
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Dkt Mwigulu: Watanzania Tunzeni Akiba ya Chakula
Waziri Mkuu wa Tanzania, Dkt. Mwigulu Nchemba amewataka Watanzania watunze akiba ya chakula walichonacho na waepuke matumizi yasiyofaa kutokana na hali ya kuchelewa kwa msimu wa mvua.
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Umoja wa Mataifa Watangaza Njaa Kuwa Janga Kuu huko Gaza Kwa mara Ya Kwanza Mashariki ya Kati
Takriban watu nusu milioni wanakabiliwa na hali ya “njaa, ufukara na kifo,” huku zaidi ya milioni moja wakiwa katika hatari ya dharura ya chakula.
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UN Declares Famine in Gaza, First Ever in Middle East
UN agencies have for months been warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has worsened as Israel steps up its offensive against Hamas.
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Addis Ababa to Host UN Food System Summit on Global Food Systems Transformation
Co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy, the summit will convene governments, civil society, businesses, and international organizations to assess progress made since the inaugural 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and the first stocktake in 2023 (UNFSS+2).
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Children Dying in South Sudan After US Aid Cuts: NGO
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned this week that acute malnutrition rates among refugee children in South Sudan — fleeing the war in Sudan — had “already breached emergency thresholds”.
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US-backed Gaza Aid Model ‘Waste of Resources, Distraction from Atrocities’: UNRWA head
The new US-backed aid distribution model in Gaza is a waste of resources and a distraction from “atrocities”, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Philippe Lazzarini said Wednesday.
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Kenya & Hungary Sign 2 Major Memoranda Of Understanding
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi announced that these MOUs will promote bilateral partnerships and open new avenues for collaboration in these fields.
