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Agriculture Minister: Azerbaijan supports global efforts to transform food systems
Azertag
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July 30, 2025
Baku, July 30, AZERTAC An Azerbaijani delegation led by Majnun Mammadov, Minister of Agriculture, attended the 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 27-29. The event brought together state and...
Ethiopia's Tree Planting Success Should Be Emulated by Africa
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July 30, 2025 (ENA) – Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative needs to be followed not only in its ambition of the numbers of trees being planted but also on how indigenous seedlings are chosen and brought back the population of native...
The UN chief urges daring action to transform food systems at the World Summit in Addis Ababa
The European Times
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July 30, 2025
Delivery Closing remarks at the top of the United Nations food systems +4 moment of shares (UNFSSS + 4) In Addis Ababa, co-organized by Ethiopia and Italy, Ms. Mohammed praised the growing momentum behind the transformation of food systems. But...
Germany Reaffirms Strong Interest in Ethiopia’s Development Path
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, July 30, 2025 (ENA) – Ethiopia’s Finance State Minister, Semereta Sewasew held a high-level discussion with, Director for Africa at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Philipp Knill, to reaffirm...
All-Ireland final day, a dish served with a side of nervous energy and high jinks
The Anglo-Celt
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Cavanman's Diary On Marlborough St, I saw him coming in the distance, the unmistakeable wandering gait of a salesman, left arm laden down with dozens of green and yellow woollen headbands. He marched at a good clip, but not too quickly so as not...
Beer Production in Morocco Plummets, Ranks 3rd in Maghreb After Tunisia, Algeria
Morocco World News
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July 29, 2025
Marrakech – A recent report by BarthHaas, a leading global hop supplier, reveals that Morocco’s beer production has declined to 818,000 hectoliters in 2024, positioning the country at 108th globally in beer production. This represents a decrease...
Azerbaijan and African countries to deepen agricultural cooperation
AzerNews
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July 30, 2025
Cooperation between Azerbaijan and African nations in the agricultural sector is set to expand following a series of high-level meetings held during the II UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4), Azernews reports. Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture...
Ethiopia Defends Nile Dam as Path to Power and Fairness
Africa.com
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July 30, 2025
Ethiopia is set to inaugurate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, built entirely with domestic funds, in a few weeks. Positioned on the Blue Nile, GERD promises to double Ethiopia’s power...
Serbia Strengthening Agriculture Cooperation with African, Asian Countries
Beta Briefing
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July 30, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 30.07.25 | access_time 16:12 Dragan Glamocic (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV) At the Second U.N. Food Systems Summit in Addis Ababa, Serbian Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamocic spoke with his counterparts from Nigeria...
Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa
UN News
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July 29, 2025
Delivering closing remarks at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy, Ms. Mohammed praised the growing momentum behind food systems transformation. But she also warned that with...
Africa’s climate adaption: Ethiopia is charting a bold course to resilient green economy
Down to Earth
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Ethiopia’s energy strategy plays a central role in its climate ambitions. Under the CRGE, the country plans to generate electricity using 70 per cent hydropower, 20 per cent wind and solar and 10 per cent geothermal. According to the Ethiopian...
Morocco’s beer production drops amid regional growth, ranks 108th globally in 2024
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 30, 2025
MOROCCO – Morocco’s beer production declined in 2024 to 818,000 hectoliters, positioning the country 108th in global beer output rankings, according to a new report by BarthHaas, a leading global hop supplier. This marks a reduction of...
Ethiopian Airlines Group Launches MRO Expansion With New Component Workshop, Others
Daily Independent
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July 30, 2025
1 LAGOS – Ethiopian Airlines Group, has unveiled a significant expansion of its Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) capabilities with the inauguration of three state-of-the-art facilities: a new Component Maintenance Workshop, a Central...
Africa’s growing consumer markets!
The Point
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In light of the increasing affluence, population growth, urbanization rates, and rapid spread of access to the internet and mobile phones on the continent, Africa’s emerging economies present exciting opportunities for expansion in retail and...
Ethiopia Becomes Fifth Worst Food Crisis Globally in 2024
Zehabesha
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July 30, 2025
Date: July 29, 2025 By The Habesha News Desk food 1In 2024, Ethiopia has emerged as the fifth worst food crisis in the world, with an estimated 22 million people suffering from high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the latest global...
Global Investment In African Gold Surges Ahead Of African Mining Week (AMW) 2025
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Africa – the world's second-largest gold-producing region after China – is seeing a marked increase in gold mining investment in 2025. Driven by strong...
Ethiopia on the Brink: The Genocidal Campaign of Abiy Ahmed’s Regime
Zehabesha
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July 30, 2025
Republished July 29, 2025 The Habesha Introduction Ethiopia, once regarded as a rising star in Africa with promises of reform and unity, now stands gripped by one of the gravest human rights crises of the 21st century. Under the leadership of...
Uzbekistan, Italy discuss cooperation in agricultural sector
AKIpress News Agency
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AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov met with Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of Italy Francesco Lollobrigida as part of the 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4), held in Addis...
Ethiopia digitizes over 900 public services as digital govt strategy makes progress
Biometric Update
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July 29, 2025
Digital transformation in Ethiopia is on steady progress as the government has announced that more than 900 public services can now be accessed digitally. This milestone is one of the fruits of the Digital Ethiopia 2025 Strategy implementation,...
WA ‘displaced’ as top mining investment destination on regulatory and policy concerns
The West Australian
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July 30, 2025
WA has plunged down a global list of the world’s best mining destinations, with survey respondents citing approval delays and policy uncertainty. The annual mining survey by Canada’s Fraser Institute has the State falling from fourth to 17th in...