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Germany contributes EUR 17 million to combat the impact of the desert locust upsurge in East Africa
28/02/2020
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a €17 million contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those directly affected by the desert locust upsurge in East Africa.
Locusts in East Africa: A race against time
25/02/2020
East Africa is a region beset by climate- and conflict-related shocks. Millions of people are already acutely food insecure. Now they face another major hunger threat in the form of desert locusts.
Almost half the population in South Sudan in severe acute food insecurity
20/02/2020
Some 6.5 million people in South Sudan - more than half of the population - could be in severe acute food insecurity at the height of the lean season (May-July), three United Nations agencies warned today.