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Foot and Mouth Disease “ravaging” Maghreb

Foot and Mouth Disease “ravaging” Maghreb

By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 7 February, 2013: The Arab Maghreb Union has agreed that priority must be given to tackling foot and mouth disease which is now widespread across the…

Eradication failures threaten a plague of locusts

Eradication failures threaten a plague of locusts

By Tom Westcott. Tripoli, 18 July: Experts are warning that locust-fighting equipment lost during the revolution needs replacing urgently, before swarms of locusts now in Niger and Mali return to…

Foot and mouth disease persists in the north

Foot and mouth disease persists in the north

By Tom Westcott Tripoli, 13 July: Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) remains at large in northern Libya, with further outbreaks recorded by the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE). Glaieul Mamaghani,…

FMD hits North-West Libya

FMD hits North-West Libya

Libya has been struck by Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) with over 2,000 sheep and 112 cattle already dead amidst fears that the highly contagious virus will spread from the…