"WORST OUTBREAK EVER" : NEARLY A MILLION PIGS CULLED IN NIGERIA DUE TO SWINE FEVER

Hundreds of thousands of pigs have been culled by Nigerian farmers in response to an explosion of African swine fever (ASF). The outbreak began around Lagos and parts of neighbouring Ogun state earlier this year, pig farmers say, but has now spread to many other parts of the country.

In the absence of official data, farmers who spoke to the Guardian estimated that nearly a million pigs had been put down so far. Read more HERE.