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Monsanto: More testing will follow GM maize release in SA

The new drought-tolerant maize trait, MON 87460, has been approved by the Executive Council of the GMO Act for conditional general release in the Republic...

Outrage greets Mosanto GM maize deal in South Africa

Non-governmental and farmer organisations from South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya and Uganda have condemned the go-ahead given by the South African GMO authorities for Monsanto...

Civil society, farmers oppose US human trials of Uganda-bound ‘super banana’

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a Pan African platform comprising civil society networks and farmer organisations working towards food sovereignty in...

‘Africa can feed Africa without GMOs’

Experts at the Africa Climate Change conference in Marrakech, Morocco have restated Africa’s capacity to feed itself now and in the future without genetically...

‘How GM foods advocates promote poverty, dependency in Africa’

The recent article, GM scaremongering in Africa is disarming the fight against poverty, published in the Guardian’s PovertyMatters Blog on 21 July 2014, is...

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Fuel subsidy removal: Implications for Nigerian environmentalists, general population

Fuel subsidy removal has been a topic of intense debate in Nigeria for many years, and its implications extend...
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Firm inaugurates training centre, partners institute to train technicians

Daikin, manufacturer of air conditioning, heating, ventilation and refrigeration solutions, has inaugurated its second training centre in Nigeria in...

Tobacco kills 8m people globally every year, says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has...

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Fuel subsidy removal: Implications for Nigerian environmentalists, general population

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Firm inaugurates training centre, partners institute to train technicians

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