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Collected Item: “Sahrawi refugees in COVID-19 lockdown hit by livestock epidemic”

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Sahrawi refugees in COVID-19 lockdown hit by livestock epidemic

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text story

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Refugees from Western Sahara in camps in Algeria’s Tindouf province lose animals to livestock epidemic, while coronavirus restrictions wipe out other means of income.

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Pandemic Pets, livestock, animal, goat, sheep, epidemic, disease, death, milk, meat, nutrition, income, refugee, humanitarian aid, tradition, mental health

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https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2020/9/5f4df3b94/sahrawi-refugees-covid-19-lockdown-hit-livestock-epidemic.html

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Russell Fraser and Yamina Djoudi, UNHCR

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2020-09-01
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