Food scarcity set to worsen in Sudan as threat increases from desert locusts
07 february 2024 - 06:02:38New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians are warning that food will become even more scarce in the coming months [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians are warning that food will become even more scarce in the coming months [...] Full text...
Communities in Horn of Africa struggle with cumulative shocks in face of starvation
13 june 2022 - 14:49:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four [...] Full text...
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US gives $200 million for humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa
28 april 2022 - 05:23:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of [...] Full text...
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NGOs call for increased humanitarian assistance to prevent tragedy in Horn of Africa
27 april 2022 - 06:57:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As the drought crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya worsens, the humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa under threat from multiple humanitarian crises
09 april 2022 - 05:51:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three years, [...] Full text...
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East African block says quiet diplomacy has paid off in mitigating conflicts in the region
17 december 2021 - 16:19:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African Inter-government Authority for Development (IGAD), has revealed that what it termed “quiet diplomacy” [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Humanitarian charity steps up emergency response
10 december 2021 - 05:16:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organisation operating in Ethiopia has warned against what it described as “overwhelming humanitarian [...] Full text...
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‘World cannot look away’ as 1.3 million face severe hunger in Madagascar
19 november 2021 - 05:13:31Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in [...] Full text...
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FAO, IGAD seek urgent action to mitigate impact of drought in Eastern Africa
18 november 2021 - 22:28:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Communities in the Eastern Africa region continue to experience a mix of shocks and stresses that [...] Full text...
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WFP warns 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
08 november 2021 - 05:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on [...] Full text...
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Severe drought in Madagascar could spur world’s first climate change famine
22 october 2021 - 05:46:52Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia orders seven UN officials to leave country within 72 hours
01 october 2021 - 04:47:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his shock on Thursday after the Ethiopian Government declared seven [...] Full text...
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OCHA reports worsening humanitarian situation in Madagascar’s Grand Sud region
27 august 2021 - 16:32:06Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in the Grand Sud of Madagascar continues to deteriorate, as people endure the [...] Full text...
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Zambia produces its largest maize crop on raised efficiency by smallholder farmers
18 august 2021 - 13:18:31Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia produced its largest maize crop on record in the 2021/22 marketing year. This bumper crop [...] Full text...
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AfDB supports development of satellite observations for early warning systems
30 july 2021 - 13:35:29Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - As a result of African Development Bank support, Africa now has direct access to satellite [...] Full text...
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US announces additional $199 million humanitarian aid for Somalia
28 july 2021 - 13:15:19Washington, DC US (PANA) - The United States said on Tuesday that it is providing nearly $199 million in additional [...] Full text...
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EU helps WFP provide emergency food assistance to people in southern Madagascar
30 june 2021 - 11:38:00Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €2.5 million from the [...] Full text...
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WFP appeals to the world to save starving population in Madagascar
23 june 2021 - 14:05:12Ambovombe, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$78.6 million to provide lifesaving food in the next [...] Full text...
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Mauritius donates US$50,000 to the World Food Programme in Madagascar
04 may 2021 - 07:51:51Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has donated US$50,000 through the World Food Programme (WFP) in Madagascar to help the vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Southern Madagascar on brink of famine, warns WFP
30 april 2021 - 05:31:07Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink [...] Full text...
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Aid agencies appeal for funding to support over two million South Sudanese refugees
16 march 2021 - 13:05:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners are appealing for US$1.2 billion to provide [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President visits scene of Gabes factory explosion
15 march 2021 - 09:20:36Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kais Saeid, paid an unannounced visit on Sunday to the southern governorate of [...] Full text...
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‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO
17 february 2021 - 18:07:50Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threatening 2.6 [...] Full text...
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Somalia seeks US$1 billion in relief assistance
15 february 2021 - 17:01:55Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Somalia and the United Nations have launched the 2021 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), seeking US$ [...] Full text...
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Funding shortfalls threaten East African locust operations - FAO
21 january 2021 - 13:59:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In an online briefing, FAO has warned partners that without additional financial resources for fuel, [...] Full text...
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East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’: FAO
20 january 2021 - 06:06:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected [...] Full text...
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Conflict, violence in Greater Horn of Africa cause widespread displacement
23 december 2020 - 15:38:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Conflict and violence in the Greater Horn of Africa continue to cause widespread displacement [...] Full text...
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Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions in Horn of Africa: FAO
16 december 2020 - 11:52:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - New Desert Locust swarms are forming in the Horn of Africa, threatening agricultural livelihoods and food [...] Full text...
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Somaliland in slow recovery after cyclone Gati
09 december 2020 - 18:29:31Hargeisa, Somaliland (PANA) – Recovery from the cyclone Gati, which recently hit the coastal region of Somaliland, causing massive destruction [...] Full text...
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Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO
24 november 2020 - 15:09:45Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Desert Locust crisis which struck [...] Full text...
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Kenya faces risk of second locust invasion, warns FAO
22 november 2020 - 15:14:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sunday warned that Kenya faced an imminent second wave of [...] Full text...
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New desert locust swarms spreading across southern Somalia: FAO
20 november 2020 - 10:36:17Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday that large populations of Desert Locust in [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$10 million disbursement to Somalia
19 november 2020 - 11:22:46Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday completed the first review of [...] Full text...
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Africa climate change report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter
27 october 2020 - 06:00:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led [...] Full text...
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IMF commends Somalia’s commitment to economic reforms
25 september 2020 - 09:40:00Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – Despite multiple hits from flooding, desert locusts, and the global coronavirus pandemic, the authorities in Somalia [...] Full text...
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Red locusts invade Zambia
22 september 2020 - 13:36:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Agriculture Minister, Michael Katambo, has confirmed the invasion of red locusts in the country and [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says some 67,000 children at risk of dying from hunger in sub-Saharan Africa
01 september 2020 - 07:09:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An estimated 67,000 children are at risk of dying from extreme hunger across sub-Saharan Africa before [...] Full text...
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Somalia federal, state leaders, meet to break election impasse
21 august 2020 - 05:05:11New York, US (PANA) - With elections slated for November delayed due to COVID-19, Somalia is at a critical juncture, [...] Full text...
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World Bank Approves $40 million emergency support for Somalia’s Desert Locust Response
30 june 2020 - 15:40:40Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a $40 million International Development Assistance (IDA) grant [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Somalia's positive cases climb to 2,602
17 june 2020 - 14:46:56Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Somalia have reached 2,602 with 88 deaths, the UN Office for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 'AfDB's COVID-19 response is moving from commitment to action'
14 june 2020 - 18:18:01Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it responded swiftly to the needs of its member [...] Full text...
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Efforts in fight against COVID-19 highlighted in Rwandan dailies this week
06 june 2020 - 18:57:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - High-level discussions to fight coronavirus including the latest conversation between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Indian [...] Full text...
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Seven healthcare workers, civilian killed in Somalia
29 may 2020 - 16:03:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eight people including seven health workers and a civilian have been killed after their abduction at [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian agency says new swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa
27 may 2020 - 10:43:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already [...] Full text...
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'FAO does not foresee a locust invasion in Libya'
24 may 2020 - 19:23:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says its forecasts valid until mid-June indicate that locusts [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 188m-euro AfDB loan to boost Kenya's COVID-19 response
22 may 2020 - 17:23:40Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved an 188-million-euro [...] Full text...
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No locust threat in Tunisia, says Ministry of Agriculture
22 may 2020 - 10:11:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The locust situation in northwest Africa is currently not a cause for concern, Tunisia's Ministry of [...] Full text...
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World Bank announces $500 million to fight locusts in Africa, Middle East
21 may 2020 - 17:08:45Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday approved a US$500 million programme to help countries in Africa [...] Full text...
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Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen - says FAO
12 may 2020 - 05:39:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust [...] Full text...
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EARTH DAY: ‘We must not take our eyes off climate change threats as we battle COVID-19’ - AfDB
22 april 2020 - 18:49:12Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) joins the global community in celebrating 50 years of Earth [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: World Bank predicts sharpest decline of remittances in recent history
22 april 2020 - 15:56:07Washington, US (PANA) - Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN Security Council urged to act fast as famines of ‘biblical proportion’ loom
22 april 2020 - 05:44:31New York, US (PANA) - The world is not only facing “a global health pandemic but also a global humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Desert locust fight goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures
10 april 2020 - 07:13:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso moves to tame desert locust invasion
09 april 2020 - 16:46:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The ministry in charge of agriculture in Burkina Faso on Wednesday said it has developed [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts East and Horn of Africa
02 april 2020 - 10:35:59Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million [...] Full text...
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UNAMID supports Sudan's combat of desert locusts
01 april 2020 - 17:33:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Peace keeping mission in Darfur has donated 10 off-road vehicles to the Sudanese Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia, Kenya agree common position on mega-power dam on Nile River
13 march 2020 - 21:04:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde held talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta on the controversial filling of [...] Full text...
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South Sudan on road to ‘sustainable peace’, but intern'l support still key, says top UN official
05 march 2020 - 06:21:14Ne York, US (PANA) - Positive developments in South Sudan have “moved the country further along the road to sustainable [...] Full text...
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Belgium gives 462,000 euros to aid fight against locusts in Africa
03 march 2020 - 11:54:42Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has released 462,000 euros to support the fight against locusts that have invaded several countries [...] Full text...
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Burundi: 461 people killed, more than 65,000 ha of fields damaged by flood
28 february 2020 - 17:56:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian ministry of public security and disaster prevention drew up, on Friday, a death toll [...] Full text...
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Locust plague spells catastrophe for millions in East Africa, warns humanitarian charity
28 february 2020 - 05:15:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A humanitarian charity has added its voice to warnings that grossly underfunded humanitarian responses across East [...] Full text...
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More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’ - UN officials
26 february 2020 - 05:37:39New York, US (PANA) - Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says protection of people must be priority for new South Sudan govt
22 february 2020 - 08:30:51Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - As plans get underway for the formation of the transitional government in South Sudan on [...] Full text...
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Burundi facing relentless climate change
12 february 2020 - 16:37:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Geographical Institute (IGEBU) warned on Wednesday of above-seasonal rainfall for the coming months in [...] Full text...
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UN agencies call for action now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa
10 february 2020 - 21:30:29New York, US (PANA) - With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a [...] Full text...
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AU Summit: Guterres hails ‘shared values, mutual respect and common interests’ of AU-UN partnership
09 february 2020 - 02:20:08Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN chief on Saturday called on the international community to recognise the need for African [...] Full text...
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Sudan says efforts to combat desert locusts underway
30 january 2020 - 17:40:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan said it has spread an area of over 7,000 hectares in two states, north of [...] Full text...
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FAO raises red flags again about potentially destructive locusts in East Africa
21 january 2020 - 07:02:25Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of “unprecedented size and destructive potential” [...] Full text...
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Kenyan state agencies intensify fight against desert locust outbreak
18 january 2020 - 12:58:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A locust outbreak affecting 17 percent of the Kenyan territory is continuing to pose a major [...] Full text...
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New report warns about severe desert locust outbreak across East Africa
15 january 2020 - 13:59:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A serious and widespread desert locust outbreak is destroying crops and pasture across eastern Ethiopia and [...] Full text...
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Uganda lays $1.3 million plan to fight locusts
14 january 2020 - 19:48:07Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Desert locusts are ravaging the Horn of Africa, with Somalia, Ethiopia and parts of Kenya already [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Kenyan President sacks ministers, names new Foreign Minister in cabinet reshuffle
14 january 2020 - 13:19:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta fired agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri on Tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle, [...] Full text...
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Kenya, Sudan cooperation discussed
12 january 2020 - 17:47:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Kenya on Sunday asked Sudan to help it stave off the threat of locusts that crossed [...] Full text...
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Kenyan legislators raise red flag on impending desert locust invasion
31 december 2019 - 17:38:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Local leaders in northern Kenya on Tuesday raised the red flag over a looming locust invasion [...] Full text...
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Somalia desert locust outbreak threatens food security in Horn of Africa
18 december 2019 - 16:00:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in a quarter of a century with the risk [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde involves army in fight against locust invasion
21 september 2019 - 08:20:36Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verde government is stepping up its campaign against a locust invasion with the [...] Full text...
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FAO warns of Desert Locust outbreaks in Yemen, Horn of Africa
25 july 2019 - 19:49:45Rome, Italy (PANA) - Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy rains, can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas [...] Full text...
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Algeria to host workshop on anti-locust plan
04 february 2019 - 10:48:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A workshop on anti-locust training, that will also come out with a four-year anti-locust plan in [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Locusts invade Kwango province in south-west DRC
18 september 2017 - 11:15:50Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Locusts have invaded the province of Kwango in southwest DR Congo threatening the country's agriculture, [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO, European Space Agency collaborate to control Desert Locusts
14 june 2017 - 13:58:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Information from satellites is being used in a new way to predict favourable conditions for Desert [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO creates prevention tools to help keep food safe
01 february 2017 - 17:40:50New York, US (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has created a set of emergency prevention tools [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO warns of risks of desert locust outbreak in Yemen
13 april 2016 - 09:59:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - The presence of recently discovered desert locust infestations in Yemen, where conflict is severely hampering control [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO calls for strict vigilance in northwest Africa on locust invasion
12 april 2016 - 16:54:44New York, US (PANA) - Countries in northwest Africa need to mobilize survey and control teams and to take all [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO warns torrential rains, cyclones could favour locust surge
11 november 2015 - 11:33:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - Unusually heavy and widespread rains that fell recently in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and [...] Full text...
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Italy: Funds running out in battle against locusts in Madagascar
21 january 2015 - 16:26:11Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Madagascar, the battle against an ongoing plague of locusts risks being lost as funds needed [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Madagascar locust plague halted but resurgence looms - FAO
02 october 2014 - 13:25:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A locust plague that spread across Madagascar threatening the main staple food crops and pasture in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Desert locusts invade Addis Ababa, food situation precarious
15 may 2014 - 14:39:49Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Desert locusts have invaded the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from the Eastern region, the first [...] Full text...
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Libya: Locust invasion spreads in western Libya
04 april 2014 - 11:12:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The locust invasion, which started in the eastern part of Libya, has spread to other [...] Full text...
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FAO, Madagascar move to curb locust invasion
19 december 2013 - 11:20:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Control operations are continuing in Madagascar against an invasion of the Malagasy Migratory Locust, a voracious [...] Full text...
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Chad plans hunger-eradication programme
17 september 2013 - 06:20:23New York, US (PANA) - Chad will embark on an ambitious plan to eliminate food insecurity and boost progress on [...] Full text...
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FAO appeals for US$ 22m to control locust plague in Madagascar
26 june 2013 - 19:22:05New York, US (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday appealed for US$ 22 million to [...] Full text...
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Forests, insects critical in fight against hunger - FAO
13 may 2013 - 12:12:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - Forests, trees on farms and agroforestry are critical in the fight against hunger and should be [...] Full text...
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FAO partners Sudan, Egypt over control of locust invasion
22 february 2013 - 19:00:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working in partnership with the Egyptian and Sudanese [...] Full text...
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FAO issues new locust alert to northwest Africa
23 october 2012 - 18:26:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has alerted Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Morocco to prepare [...] Full text...
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WAEMU grants Niger FCFA 300m for flood victims
14 september 2012 - 19:17:21Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has donated FCFA 300 million to Niger for [...] Full text...
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Regional meeting on locust threat opens in Nouakchott
03 september 2012 - 20:56:31Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Experts of member countries of the Commission of Fight against Locusts (CLCPRO)-West Africa Chad [...] Full text...
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UN says 435,000 Malians displaced by conflict
16 august 2012 - 20:45:29New York, US (PANA) - A new report released by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on [...] Full text...
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Switzerland, France grant Niger FCFA 3.7b for locust control
19 july 2012 - 12:24:15Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Switzerland and France have granted Niger FCFA 4 billion to help the African country contain the [...] Full text...
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Desert locust threat to Niger, Mali grows
17 july 2012 - 11:52:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Desert Locust threat to pastures and croplands in Niger and Mali is growing after swarms [...] Full text...
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Mauritania moves to eradicate locusts
10 july 2012 - 16:47:53Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Determined to fight the menace of locusts across Mauritania, the National Centre for the Fight against [...] Full text...
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Locusts threaten Mali's 2012 agricultural campain
26 june 2012 - 16:45:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Locusts are threatening Mali's agricultural campaign with swarms of young locusts being spotted at Aguel Hoc [...] Full text...
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Sahel region under threat of desert locusts
25 june 2012 - 22:29:01Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Sahel region faces a threat of locusts following rains recorded on some countries in the [...] Full text...
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FAO warns Niger, Mali against desert locust risk
05 june 2012 - 09:57:38Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned Niger and Mali that their croplands are at [...] Full text...
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Madagascar needs funds, materials to fight locusts
21 june 2011 - 17:08:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - A current buildup of locust populations in southwestern Madagascar could turn into a plague and seriously [...] Full text...
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Mali guards against locust invasion
24 august 2010 - 18:26:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- In anticipation of a locust invasion, the Malian governmen t has decided to beef up its [...] Full text...
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Locust swarms threaten agriculture in Madagascar
12 august 2010 - 16:20:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Madagascar is at the risk of a significant plague of cro p-eating locusts, FAO warned Thursday. [...] Full text...
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Locust infestation looms in Mauritania
26 october 2009 - 11:56:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Ground control operations are in progress against an inf estation of desert locusts in Mauritania, the [...] Full text...
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Libya, Mauritania review locust control
20 october 2009 - 22:31:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) â" Libya is to send an emerg-ency team from the Libyan Nat ional Locust Control Centre to [...] Full text...
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FAO prevents Red Locust invasion in eastern Africa
24 june 2009 - 16:33:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An international Red Locust emergency campaign in Easter n and Southern Africa has succeeded in containing [...] Full text...
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