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Locusts swarms can be hundreds of miles long, leaving little vegetation behind. Photo: FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba
FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Somalia bombing condemned, as UN expert calls for more international help; Africa faces locust swarms; new leaders for UN atomic watchdog and top economic body

25 July 2019
Peace and Security

Our main stories today: senior UN officials condemn attacks on Somalia capital, and call for continued international support; the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN’s Economic and Social Council welcome new leaders; and the Food and Agriculture Organization warns of possible locust swarms in Horn of Africa and Yemen

UN peacekeepers manning the main gate to Villa Somalia, the official residential palace and principal workplace of the President of Somalia (file photo)
Photo: AMISOM

News in Brief 25 July 2019

25 July 2019
News in Brief
  • UN chief condemns deadly Somalia attacks on offices visited earlier by UN envoy
  • UN nuclear watchdog agency appoints interim chief, following death of Director General
  • Growing risk of locust swarms in Yemen and Horn of Africa
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