Desert Locust Bulletin 526 (11 August 2022)
KEY POINTS• Current situation: calm in all regions• July: rains started in summer breeding areas• August–September: above-normal rains likely in summer breeding areas for…
KEY POINTS• Current situation: calm in all regions• July: rains started in summer breeding areas• August–September: above-normal rains likely in summer breeding areas for…
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South African police say a championship belt given by American professional boxer Sugar Ray Leonard to the country's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela,…
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Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed in an article published Monday that he was brought to Britain illegally under the name of another child to…
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Tens of millions of displaced women, men, and children in some of the worst global food crises and conflicts in the world are pushed…
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