UN appeal to stop locust 'plague'
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The UN appeals for extra international aid to battle swarms of locusts that are spreading across west Africa.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says more funds are essential to combat locust swarms that are devastating crops in West Africa, and warns failure to act quickly, could result in a regional plague by the end of the year.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue ``the strongest warning&#39;&#39; to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there.
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UNITED NATIONS  - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called for urgent action Thursday to stop attacks on civilians in western Sudan and announced he is sending UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour of Canada and a special adviser on genocide, Juan Mendes, to Sudan this weekend to see what can be done to provide better protection for civilians in the Darfur region.
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Locust swarms infesting Mauritania and other African nations could develop into a full-scale plague without additional foreign aid, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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West Africa may lose up to a quarter of its grain harvest this year if the worst locust infestation for 15 years is not brought under control, regional agriculture experts warned.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue &quot;the strongest warning&quot; to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there.
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Mauritania repeats its call for urgent aid to combat the largest locust plague to hit the region in over 20 years.
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UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned Monday that unpunished human rights violations -- including &quot;pandemic&quot; sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- are keeping central Africa on the brink of another major conflict.
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People struck down by a stomach bug sweeping the country have been urged not to go back to work for 48 hours.
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Residents burned tires and trash in the streets Thursday trying to drive off swarms of locusts descending on the region in what a U.N. agency called the worst sub-Saharan invasion in more than a decade.
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A huge swarm of desert locusts which has hit Cairo and the Nile Delta is unlikely to cause widespread crop damage, a UN official says.
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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.
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Experts fighting a major locust outbreak plaguing West Africa will use a new technique for fighting the crop-devouring insects: attacking the flying swarms with pesticide from aircraft, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.
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EMMA ALBERICI: United Nations officials fear the death toll could double as outbreaks of disease unleash a second wave of tragedy.
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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon issues a warning to the world.