41 tonnes of food needed for victims

The United Nations says it estimates 3.7 million people are in acute need of food in South Sudan as a result of the civil conflict there.

More than 200 people who have been affected by the recent land conflict between farmers and pastoralists in Kiteto District have requested the government to speed up the distribution of food aid.

The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) has said there is a need to review the country’s Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act of 2003 in order to strengthen the fight on importation and circulation of products that are not suitable for human consumption.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Portland Cement (TPCC), which trades as Twiga Cement, said at the weekend that its production targets will not be deterred by ongoing illegal importation of vital construction materials.

hellofood is happy to announce a successful outcome of its “You say, we give” campaign (World Food Day) in Tanzania that ran from October 16th-22nd 2015. The go-to marketplace for online food delivery in Africa aims to raise awareness for the still existing inequality for world food supply. hellofood wants to emphasize the importance of everyone having access to food and daily necessities.

Therefore, hellofood created a special social media campaign to make this sensitive topic visible....

Customs officials in Thailand say they have made the biggest seizure of smuggled ivory in the country's history, as Jonathan Head reports.

Cotton production is projected to increase by 4,000 tonnes this season from 246,000 tonnes the previous period.

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The government has ordered Coast Region Co-operative Union (Corecu) and Cashew Nut Board of Tanzania to bar from export over 500 tonnes of raw cashew nuts belonging to Sparkle Way Ltd until the firm pays Sh3.4 billion it owes farmers in the Coast Region.