May 20, 2013
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Regional food security forum underway in Mali
September 9, 2011An international meeting on food security is underway in the Malian capital, Bamako.
The meeting, organized by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), brings together researchers and specialists from several African countries including Ghana, Benin, Senegal, Madagascar, Burundi and Mali.
Guinea: Rights groups denounce attack on Saoro farmers
September 8, 2011Rights groups in Guinea have denounced the action of security forces against the inhabitants of a village more than one hundred kilometers south of the capital, Conakry.
Ghana’s cocoa harvest exceeds 1mln tons in 2010-11
August 27, 2011Ghana’s cocoa harvest has exceeded one million metric tons for the first time, as increased fertilizer use and pest and disease control spurred output in the ongoing 2010-11 crop season.
ECOWAS chief in Abidjan to support Ivory Coast reconstruction
August 24, 2011A high-level ECOWAS delegation, led by Commission President James Victor Gbeho, is in Abidjan for talks with officials of the Ivorian government.
Sierra Leone signs fishing agreement to boost export
August 21, 2011Sierra Leone has signed an agreement with Dutch firm Precon to facilitate access to European Union markets for its fish and fisheries products.
WFP on challenges in Somalia's food distribution
August 10, 2011The UN World Food Program (WFP) says it has reached nearly eight million people in the Horn of Africa with food assistance since July.
Senegal suspends industrial fishing
August 10, 2011The Senegalese government has announced the suspension of industrial fishing starting the 1st of September.
Mali: Meteorological agency reassures farmers of continuous rainfall
August 9, 2011Mali’s meteorological department has reassured farmers in the country that the rains will continue to fall up till November following concerns due to the late start to this year’s rainy season.
Guinea's land grabbing: Hundreds displaced in farming community
August 3, 2011Reports say tension is brewing between peasants from Saoro in the prefecture of Yomou in the forest region of Guinea and the Guinean Palm Oil and Rubber Company, following the destruction of the farmers’ rice fields.
Somali's huge disaster: Why UN took so long?
July 21, 2011Although the United Nations has finally declared famine in Somalia, as millions of people struggle for survival in the ongoing hunger and malnutrition, many have been asking why it took the world so long to act in that Horn of Africa nation.
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