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coronavirus

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic

By UN News
coronavirus

Relentless locusts return in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

East Africa hit by a second wave of locusts leaving millions of people food insecure

By Mickaël Sallent
Health

FAO makes gains in the fight against Desert Locusts in East Africa and Yemen but threat of a food security crisis remains

By FAO-Newsroom@fao.org (FAO-Newsroom)
Peace and Security

UN fast tracks $10 million loan to help scale up FAO action to fight Desert Locusts

By FAO-Newsroom@fao.org (FAO-Newsroom)
Climate Change

More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’

By UN News
Climate Change

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

By UN News
News

FAO issues alert over third consecutive failed rainy season, worsening hunger in East Africa

Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise

By FAO-Newsroom@fao.org (FAO-Newsroom)
Also

A megaproject rises in East Africa

Roads, railways, port, pipelines to link Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan

By Wanjohi Kabukuru