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Events on Tuesday 30 June 2020 3
2020East Africa locust invasionWorst desert locust outbreak in decades threatens food supplyMassive swarms of desert locusts spread across East Africa and the Horn of Africa through the first half of 2020, devastating crops and pasture in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and beyond. The UN called it the region's worst locust crisis in 25 years, threatening food security for millions.
2020George Floyd protestsBlack Lives Matter goes globalThe murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020 sparked global Black Lives Matter protests in June 2020, the largest civil rights movement in US history with over 15 million participants.
2020Hong Kong national security law imposedBeijing enacts sweeping law curbing dissentChina's National People's Congress imposed a national security law on Hong Kong on 30 June 2020, criminalizing secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. Critics said the law effectively ended the "one country, two systems" autonomy promised to the territory.