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AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Malawi’s private grain traders defy export ban amid low local maize prices
Declining local maize prices have put traders and the Malawi Government on a collision course as the entrepreneurs have resorted to defying an export ban in search of better prices.
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Kenya court clears duty-free rice imports as government moves to stabilise supply, support local producers
The country produces an estimated 300,000 tonnes of rice annually against a national demand of about one million tonnes
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ZAMSEED appoints Chisanga Leah Yondela as managing director in historic first
Yondela becomes the first woman to lead ZAMSEED in its 50-year history
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Tunisia secures 200,000 T of wheat in January tender as import needs persist
Tunisia’s awarded prices will likely serve as reference points for traders in the Mediterranean region through the first quarter of the year.
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Ethiopia records over 12 MT of wheat output in first half of 2026
The achievement, excluding output from irrigated wheat schemes, reflects gains in productivity and expanded cultivation that are central to the country’s National Wheat Program.