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Locusts
U.N. agency to help Tajikistan avert famine
14 Aug 2008 11:59:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
DUSHANBE, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will supply Tajikistan with $10 million worth of food this year to avert famine, the aid agency said on Thursday. ... 

Blog: Locusts and humanitarian post offices
16 Jul 2008 06:43:02 GMT
Source: IRIN
Just in case you missed these two interesting stories from us this week. Here you go... In Afghanistan a case of broken promises of a different kind - hundreds of people in northwestern Afghanistan are annoyed with the authorities for allegedly failing to give them promised wheat aid in return for dead locusts. 

AFGHANISTAN: Wheat for locusts plan turns sour
14 Jul 2008 11:20:37 GMT
Source: IRIN
Hundreds of people in northwestern Afghanistan are annoyed with the authorities for allegedly failing to give them promised wheat aid in return for dead locusts. 

Weather hazards impacts assessment for Africa
06 Dec 2007 10:30:00 GMT
Source: Famine Early Warning Sytems Network
Several swarms of desert locusts are now present in localized areas of Somalia, northern Kenya, and Ethiopia's Somali Region. The locusts have the potential to damage agropastoral crops in these ... 

WFP monthly update on countries threatened by natural hazards
21 Sep 2005 16:01:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
This monthly bulletin is produced by WFP's Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit to highlight current and potential natural hazards, which may trigger or accelerate the development of humanitarian ... 

USAID map for W. African countries affected by locusts
13 Sep 2005 11:38:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

Natural Hazards: Global Overview of Countries of Concern
12 Aug 2005 16:38:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

Countries of Concern: Natural Hazards
01 Aug 2005 17:18:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet


Locust swarms move across Sudan
25 Jun 2005 01:03:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet




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