Locust crisis to hit North-west Africa again, situation deteriorating in the Sahel; Summer harvest in the Sahel at risk, control operations expanded, donor response slow.

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ROME - The desert locust crisis in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali and Niger is expected to deteriorate over the next few weeks, and there is a serious risk that North-West Africa will be reinvaded by swarms from October onwards, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

"The scale of the ...

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