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07/19/2004:

"Locusts invade Mauritania"

Nouakchott - The west African state of Mauritania appealed for urgent international aid on Sunday as the first swarms of locusts invaded its territory, the official state news agency AMI reported.

The call came from Rural Development Minister Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou and Economic Development Minister Abdellahi Ould Cheikh Sidya who summoned ambassadors from donor countries, the European Union, and the representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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