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Pakistan, Somalia declare locust emergency as experts warn of major crisis

FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis in the region following the ongoing infestation by desert locusts, considered to be the most lethal locust species.

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