Locust invasion! EU shells out €11m
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Food and Agriculture Organisation Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed an €11m contribution from the European Union as the UN agency steps up efforts to fight the desert locust upsurge which has now spread from East Africa to the Persian Gulf.