The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners appealed for urgent scaling up of response actions by all actors to mitigate the devastating impact of the Desert Locust on food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.
In a joint briefing, the Government of Ethiopia, FAO, and the African Union Commission (AUC) warned that if not controlled, the current situation would be seriously amplified by new locust infestations, with a great possibility of spreading further to Eritrea, South Sudan, and Uganda.
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