African women fish network launch Kenyan chapter
Posted by Mwangi Maina on 24 February 2022 6:20 AM CAT
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Liberia: 'Women Are Fulcrum for Liberian Fisheries Sector' - NaFAA DG Glassco
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 17 February 2022 10:50 AM CAT
Published by Front Page Africa, 5 November 2021
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Monrovia — At the start of a two-day international consultative fisheries meeting on the establishment of the Liberian chapter of the African Women Fish Processors and Trade Network (AWFISHNET-Liberia), the Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has described the role played by Liberian fishmongers/sellers (processors) as pivotal to the economic growth of the country's fisheries sector, adding that fishmongers determine the overall quality of the fish being consumed daily.
Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Fellows and AU-IBAR hold learning exchange. APO Group
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 30 January 2022 11:20 AM CAT
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR). NAIROBI, Kenya, January 30, 2022
The first cohort of the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Fellows Programme paid a visit to AU-IBAR on the afternoon of Thursday, 27 January 2022, for a learning exchange. The team comprised the 20 fellows from 14 African countries, Africa CDC staff and renowned public health physicians; such as Dr. Achamyelesh Kifle Debela, Coordinator, Regional Collaborating Centre East Region; Dr. Stephanie Jane Fazekas Salyer, Technical Advisor - CDC; Dr. J. Mohameds, Dr. Alex Coutinho, Dr. Ibere Okereke and Addis Mhiraf, Public Health Fellow, Information & Communication.
Launch of Ethiopia-Somalia Cross-Border Collaboration; Governance Structures and Development Of Harmonised Surveillance And Vaccination Programme
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 21 December 2021 2:30 PM CAT
IGAD. 9-10th Dec 2021, (Djibouti-ville, Djibouti).
Several OIE listed transboundary animal diseases (TADs) or diseases that can easily spread from one country to others and reach epizootic proportions and their control/management requires cooperation between several countries, continue to spread within the IGAD region threatening the economic, trade and/or food security of the member states. 
Munya, Blue Economy is humanity’s last frontier for development
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 08 December 2021 11:00 AM CAT
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya says that Africa’s only hope in achieving food security lies in the sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.
Climate change to affect fish catch in the continent, says African Union
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 01 December 2021 11:35 AM CAT
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. December 2021.
The African Union (AU) is warning that fish caught in major water bodies in the continent could decline sharply in the coming days due to climate change.
African Union trains journalists on Africa's Blue Economy
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 11 November 2021 11:50 AM CAT
By Mwangi Maina | 11 November 2021
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African Union International Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) yesterday started a four-day media training on enhancing sustainable fisheries management and aquaculture development in Africa.
AUDA-NEPAD FishGov-2 Project Manager Dr Clement Adjorlolo presenting on the Blue Economy Strategy with a focus on fisheries governance in Africa.
Stronger governance needed to fight superbugs in Africa Antimicrobial Resistance threatens Africa’s development
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 01 November 2021 2:15 PM CAT
Africa CDC. November 2021.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 November 2021
The leaders of six regional organizations in Africa are calling for stronger governance to fight antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, on the eve of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 November).
FAO supports ECOWAS to mobilize animal health networks across West Africa
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 21 September 2021 2:20 PM CAT
Source: FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for West Africa supported the seventh annual Regional Animal Health Network (RAHN) meeting on 21–24 September, organized by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in collaboration with the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE), the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), the ECOWAS Regional Animal Health Centre (RAHC) and Brooke West Africa.
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Nigeria to stop fish importation 2022
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 04 February 2021 10:45 AM CAT
By Olufunmilola Olukomaiya
Published 4 February 2021
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2022.