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Somalia's main export market reopened

afrol News, 5 November - Saudi Arabia officials have announced that the 9-year ban on import of livestock from Somalia, including Somaliland, is lifted. Thus, Somalia's main export trade may be resumed, promising much needed revenues for Somali farmers.

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GM potato gets roasting in South Africa

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 4 November - South Africa's Agricultural Research Council has appealed against the government's decision to reject a locally developed genetically modified (GM) potato it was hoping to release to farmers. The decision has split the industry.

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Mauritania
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Desert locusts in Mauritania not a threat to other states

afrol News, 23 October - Mauritania has seen an increase in the number of desert locusts as a result of the end of the rainy season in breeding areas, followed by several days of dry winds from the east.

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Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwean communities educated about owls

afrol News, 29 September - BirdLife Zimbabwe is developing a proposal to produce a documentary that will be aired on national television to demystify the presence of owls in residential areas.

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Africa | East Africa
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Scientists claim total victory on invasive locusts

afrol News, 17 August - Calm has returned to Africa’s eastern bloc after swarms of invasive red locust were checked by scientists using fungal biopesticides, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its partners have declared.

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» 26.01.2009 - Thousands could face hunger in Liberia
» 21.01.2009 - Caterpillars invade Liberia's villages
» 07.12.2007 - Locusts threaten Kenya
» 23.03.2007 - Locusts threaten Eritrea, Sudan, Somaliland
» 28.02.2007 - Ivorian poultry producers lose millions over avian flu
» 08.01.2007 - Kenya Rift Valley Fever outbreak prompts research
» 29.11.2006 - Bird flu now Africa's problem
» 11.10.2006 - Mauritania risks another locust infestation
» 22.05.2006 - Bird flu continues to spread in Burkina Faso
» 04.04.2006 - Three bird flu cases confirmed in Burkina Faso
» 28.03.2006 - Another woman dies from bird flu in Egypt
» 06.03.2006 - "Threat from wild birds unlikely in West Africa"
» 03.03.2006 - Bird flu fears in Mauritania, Cape Verde
» 02.03.2006 - Egypt govt maintains bird flu is under control
» 27.02.2006 - Bird flu confirmed in Niger
» 22.02.2006 - Nigeria considers vaccinating poultry
» 14.02.2006 - Bird flu possible in eight Nigerian states
» 09.02.2006 - Criticism as more Nigerian states report bird flu
» 09.02.2006 - West African nations to ward off bird flu
» 08.02.2006 - Avian flu outbreak confirmed in Nigeria
» 22.07.2005 - Locust emergency "not over" in West Africa
» 24.06.2005 - Locust alarm for Sudan, Eritrea
» 20.06.2005 - Food crisis looming in Mali, Mauritania, Niger
» 22.02.2005 - Locust situation in Maghreb, Mauritania improves
» 20.01.2005 - Portugal aids Guinea-Bissau fighting locusts
» 16.12.2004 - Locust swarms devastate central Gambia
» 30.11.2004 - Desert locust plague may now be controlled
» 19.11.2004 - Desert locusts in Egypt, may spread further
» 04.11.2004 - Mauritania's crops "severely damaged" by locusts
» 20.10.2004 - Anthrax kills 200 hippos in Uganda park
» 13.10.2004 - Morocco assists Cape Verde fighting locusts
» 01.10.2004 - Stronger efforts to fight West Africa's locusts
» 29.09.2004 - Locusts and drought may create food crisis in Cape Verde
» 24.09.2004 - Anthrax outbreak in Botswana, Namibia subsiding
» 22.09.2004 - "Concern" over locust situation in Cape Verde
» 21.09.2004 - Locusts trigger Mauritania famine concerns
» 17.09.2004 - "Locust crisis in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger deteriorates"
» 26.08.2004 - More funds to fight locusts in West Africa
» 24.08.2004 - West African locust crisis "worse than 1987-89"
» 18.08.2004 - Locust situation worsens in Mauritania, Mali
» 11.08.2004 - Concern over locust threat in Chad
» 09.08.2004 - Locust swarms terrify Mauritanians
» 13.07.2004 - Pests jeopardise North Africa's date production
» 06.07.2004 - Locust swarms invade Mauritania, Senegal, Mali
» 26.05.2004 - North and West Africa face full-scale locust plague
» 23.03.2004 - Locusts move from Mauritania to Morocco, Algeria
» 24.02.2004 - Locust plague out of control in Mauritania, Sahara
» 13.11.2003 - Promising revival of Mauritanian livestock sector
» 23.10.2003 - Locusts to spread from Mauritania to Western Sahara
» 20.10.2003 - Locust outbreaks threaten Mauritania, Niger, Sudan

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