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07/05/2004:

"U.N. seeks aid to combat locust swarms"

The United Nations said on Monday international aid was urgently needed to contain swarms of locusts that threatened to spread as far as the conflict-ridden region of Darfur, Sudan, a U.N. agency said Monday.

The swarms have moved from spring breeding areas in northwestern Africa to countries including Mauritania, Senegal and Mali, and are likely to multiply in coming weeks, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.

With locusts expected to spread east to Niger and Chad, egg-laying is likely across the region and could reach Darfur in western Sudan, the agency said. Darfur is currently struggling to cope with a conflict that has displaced more than 1 million people.
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