Tag: fishermen
Ghana: Government to supply fishing nets to fishermen
May 29, 2019
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, has revealed that government is planning to suppl...
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Gambia: Chinese fishmeal plants leave fishermen in the Ga...
March 30, 2019
Scientists and campaigners warn that factories in coastal villages are wreaking environmental and economic havoc by H...
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Somali fishermen object to ‘shocking‘ deal allowing China...
February 27, 2019
Somali fishing communities have expressed concerns that a “debt trap diplomacy”-linked deal between their government ...
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Kenya: Government efforts to support fishermen hailed
November 19, 2018
A section of religious leaders in the Coast region have welcomed government plans to assist local fishermen to ...
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Ghana: Low market In bumper season: Sekondi fishermen wor...
September 24, 2018
Fishermen and fish mongers at the Albert Bosomtwi Fishing harbour in Sekondi are losing out on the bumper season as&h...
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Nigeria: Fishermen of Lake Chad cursed by Boko Haram conf...
August 13, 2018
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – The fishermen of Lake Chad must sail in secret, forced to evade both Boko Haram jih...
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Ghana: Fishermen kick against intended 1-month fishing ban
July 8, 2018
Some fishermen in Accra have called on the government not to go ahead with a decision to place a ban…
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Gabon: The tale of foreign fishermen living in Gabon
June 30, 2018
Peter Abayomi is a fisherman from Nigeria who has lived in Gabon since the 1970’s. Aboard his canoe, he tells…
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Tanzania starts efforts to free 109 fishermen arrested in...
June 8, 2018
By Deogratius Kamagi Dar es Salaam — The government has begun efforts to free 109 Tanzanians who were arrested in&hel...
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Ministry of fisheries to announce observance of closed se...
June 1, 2018
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture is set to announce a closed season for all kinds of fishers in Ghana.…
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