U.N. Agency Warns of Africa Locust Crisis
33859
Swarms of desert locusts are moving across northwest Africa, threatening to devastate crops in an increasing number of countries, U.N. officials warned Friday.
511928
Famine in Africa could worsen  unless action is taken to tackle the continent's HIV/AIDS  epidemic, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
381533
A group of 12 United Nations agencies warn of an impending humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
25632
UNITED NATIONS - Warning that Darfur is descending into anarchy, the top UN envoy to Sudan urged the Security Council Thursday to quickly deploy African troops to deter violence and speed up peace talks to prevent warlords from taking control of the vast
169806
ROME Sept. 17, 2004 - Swarms of desert locusts are moving across northwest Africa, threatening to devastate crops in an increasing number of countries, UN officials warned Friday.
466811
The United Nations is flying six more aircraft to combat swarms of crop-devouring locusts in west Africa.
618482
With the desert locust crisis in West Africa expected to deteriorate over the next few weeks, the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that it only had in hand less than a tenth of the crucial funding needed to prevent the
515339
The United Nations' food relief agency is gearing up for a "critical stage" in feeding refugees in western Sudan as more people flee ethnic violence there and the rainy season peaks, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
741532
African ministers meet in Senegal to plan a campaign against locusts ravaging West and Central Africa.
198484
New swarms of crop-devouring locusts are on the move towards north-western Africa, the UN says.
490226
Locusts are commonly associated with plagues, food shortages, and death. But they are also inspiring what may be the next wave in lifesaving collision-avoidance systems.
393833
The desert locust infestation that descended on West and Central Africa this year is likely to return in 2005 and officials will have to be better prepared to avoid major damage to crops, experts said on Monday.
585652
High levels of malnutrition and the difficulties of delivering aid make Somalia the world's most pressing humanitarian crisis, the U.N. refugee agency's representative there said on Tuesday.
668860
Darfur's spreading conflict risks a "dangerous regional crisis", warns the UN aid chief as the AU mulls help for its force.
256645
DARFUR is on the brink of chaos as violence increases, order collapses and the number of desperate people in need of humanitarian aid reaches nearly 2.3 million, Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, has warned in his darkest assessment yet of
425738
The United Nations said Friday that an outbreak in Georgia of African swine fever, a contagious viral disease in pigs, could have a "catastrophic" economic impact unless its spread is halted.
584660
An agricultural region in eastern Mauritania faces the loss of its entire crop to swarms of locusts unless action is taken immediately, a regional government official has warned.