Somalia Declares National Emergency Over Unprecedented Biblical Locust Upsurge
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) earlier stated that several African countries were experiencing one of the most severe locust outbreaks in decades, threatening to cause significant damage to their food supplies and even result in starvation in the region.
Somalia's Ministry of Agriculture declared a national emergency in the country over an unprecedented locust infestation that has swept through the Horn of Africa following heavy rainfalls in late 2019.
“The Ministry of Agriculture… has declared a national emergency in view of the current desert locust upsurge, that poses a major threat to Somalia's fragile food security situation”, the ministry’s statement reads, as quoted by AFP.
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