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USAID Funds Program to Reduce Food Insecurity in South Sudan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 13, 2011
Public Information: 202-712-4810

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BOR, SOUTH SUDAN - On October 13, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Catholic Relief Services and its implementing partners Save the Children and Joint Aid Management, launched the Jonglei Food Security Program to support communities and the government of South Sudan in addressing the root causes of food insecurity throughout Jonglei State.

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Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP) Situation Report for September with a Forecast till mid-November, 2011

Summary

The desert locust (SGR 1 ) situation remained relatively calm in most of Sahel West Africa and northern Africa in September due to poor rainfall. Only limited breeding occurred during this period and isolated adults were reported in northeast Morocco. Good rains were reported in northern Chad and western lowlands in Eritrea where ecological conditions are expected to improve and small-scale breeding will likely begin.