The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a modern egg laying farm with a total floor space of 198 square meters in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

Over the past two weeks, South Africa’s veterinary agency has officially registered two further outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial birds.

South African poultry company Astral Foods is forecasting a significant drop in share earnings for the current financial year. However, a recent report on the country’s poultry sector forecasts an improving situation for the coming year.

In the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa, the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus has been detected for the first time. 

South Africa’s Astral Foods has appointed Gary Arnold to become the company’s chief operating officer (COO).

Following a prolonged absence, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has returned to afflict poultry in the West African states of Benin and Cote d’Ivoire.