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Why the passing of Ngũgi wa Thiong’o marks end of remarkable period in African literary history
19 Dec 2025 12:42 GMT
… the gift of African fiction brought by precursors. Nigeria’s Achebe and … wounds of history. A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood … cited by the few African leaders like Ghana’s John Dramani … Imagining and writing about Africa away from Africa was a promise and …
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Russia–Africa: New Horizons For Old Friends
18 Dec 2025 11:11 GMT
… 2063: The Africa We Want”.
Africa’s importance to … continent. Embassies in Niger, Sierra Leone and South Sudan have … diplomatic missions in Gambia, Liberia, Togo and the Comoros. … grain and fertilizers, we help African countries develop their own agricultural …
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Key Highlights Of AGRA November 2025 Food Security Monitor For Africa
18 Dec 2025 10:23 GMT
… Mozambique disrupting agricultural activities.
West Africa’s staple … harvests and seasonal inflows. Maize prices fell sharply in Togo … supporting strong regional cereal output projected at … dominate in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and northern Nigeria, with …
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What's to come in wheat in 2026 after a 2025 of decreased acres and increased yields
15 Dec 2025 12:30 GMT
… S. wheat farmers are competing with some pretty good Canadian harvest if … hard red spring growers. Hard red winter growers are seeing … decrease in acreage of wheat planted in the United States … .”
Decisions about the winter wheat crop have already been made, …
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Before we miss dry season farming
15 Dec 2025 01:31 GMT
… a focus on wheat in 15 wheat-producing states. The … wet season dominates agricultural production in Nigeria, restricting farmers’ yearly output … making them available to plants. Also, there are …
Crops that could be cultivated in dry-season in Nigeria include …
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Fighting Birth Defects With Food Fortification in West Africa
10 Dec 2025 11:01 GMT
… in West Africa: Several countries already mandate the fortification of wheat … in West Africa. A majority of the rice that West Africans … in Senegal and Burkina Faso. In 2024, Nigeria introduced voluntary … than two-thirds of African women of reproductive age …
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Nigerian-American wheat trade to hit $700 million by 2025 fall
09 Dec 2025 15:52 GMT
… the war, Nigeria and other African countries have diversified grain supply sources … local output through irrigation farming and improved seedlings. However, analysts say … feed components.
Beyond wheat, US agricultural exports to Nigeria also include dairy …
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Africa Squeezed Between Import Substitution and Dependency Syndrome -By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh
12 Dec 2025 23:40 GMT
… supporting local farmers under state … Benin, Cote d’Voire, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
* Demand-Driven: Ghana … agricultural exports to the continent—especially grain, poultry, and fertilisers—while African … in West Africa to Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and …
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Did Farouk Ahmed Resign Because Aliko Dangote Sneezed? -By Abdulkadir Salaudeen
19 Dec 2025 09:07 GMT
… Dangote, identified to be Africa’s richest man has, … personal charitable commitments in modern African history. Determined to ensure … like rice, maize, and wheat to alleviate food inflation. … local farmers. It is doubtful if Nigerian large-scale farmers will …
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Nigeria records N6.69tr trade surplus in Q3 2025
11 Dec 2025 17:55 GMT
… spirit, durum wheat and cane sugar for refining.
Agricultural imports were valued … 0.38 per cent), and Africa (N595 billion or 3.69 … the export side, Europe remained Nigeria’s largest destination with N8 … (11.31 per cent), and Africa with N4.903 trillion (21 …