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Libya approves setting up fund to fight the threat of locusts in West Africa.

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Algiers, 26.10.2016(Lana) The ten- countries, members of the committee on fighting locusts in West Africa including Libya approved Tuesday in Algiers, the setting up of a regional fund to help countries in the region enhance their strategies in the preventive measures against this devastating insect. Algerian news agency quoted Algerian minister of farming as saying during second meeting of ministers assigned to fight locusts in these countries as saying that the fund would help the fight against locusts by creating various intervention mechanisms at the appropriate time and activate national strategies in the field. The six-million fund would be financed by members states ; Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritanian, Mali, Niger, Burkina, Chad and Senegal as well as other donors wishing to support this strategy. =Lana=