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The 30th FAO Regional Conference for Africa will be held at the Friendship Hall from 19 to 23 February 2018. Jointly hosted by the Government of Sudan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Conference is expected to be attended by ministers and other high-level delegates...

MEDIA INVITE   Port call event for the Dr Fridtjof Nansen research vessel “Supporting the application of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries management considering climate and pollution impacts" What:                     Port call event for the Dr Fridtjof Nansen research vessel When:                26 January 2018     (Press Conference: 12:35) Where:               Durban (Harbour), South Africa Who:                 Mr Senzeni Zokwana -  Minister of Department...

                                                                                 Media Advisory Food Security & Nutrition in Somalia Poor rains and extended drought over multiple seasons have had a major impact on rural livelihoods and food security in Somalia, pushing the country to the brink of famine in 2017. However, large-scale catastrophe was averted in Somalia, thanks to scaled-up humanitarian response with...

African Union event   Joint Media Advisory High Level Special Event on Ending Hunger in Africa BACKGROUND The African Union Commission in partnership with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will host a High-level Side Event on the margins of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of...

25 January 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, together with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Living Abroad, Sidiki Kaba, and the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Equipment, Papa Abdoulaye Seck, will proceed with the signing of two major agreements related to the...