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UN warns of 'major shock' as Africa locust outbreak spreads

by Associated Press
| February 10, 2020 10:05 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the United Nations warned Monday that “we simply cannot afford another major shock” to an already vulnerable region.

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