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Kenya:
Lessons on How to Effectively Tackle Insect Invasions
The Conversation Africa, 17 January 2020
Kenyan food production and grazing land is under threat from a huge desert locust invasion. The insects are currently in two counties in northern Kenya and are now spreading to… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
New Swarms of Locusts Threaten Crops, Food Security
VOA, 22 January 2020
A new round of locust swarms has hit Ethiopia and is again threatening crops and food security, say agricultural officials. Read more »
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Kenya:
Farmers Worried as Locust Swarms Invade Parts of Mwingi
Nation, 22 January 2020
Residents of Mwingi North in Kitui County are a worried lot after swarms of locusts invaded their farms. Read more »
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Kenya:
Panic as Locusts Spotted in Baringo
Nation, 21 January 2020
Panic has gripped some villages in Tirioko ward in Tiaty, Baringo County after a swarm of locusts invaded the area with massive destruction of vegetation seen by the Nation team… Read more »
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Kenya:
Locusts Invade Tseikuru in Kitui Days After a Swarm Was Sighted in Baringo
Capital FM, 21 January 2020
New swarms of locust has been reported in Tsiekuru, Mulungoni and Mwingi North Game Reserve in Kitui County. Read more »
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Kenya:
Birds, Insects and Drought Make Country's Food Situation Bleak
Nation, 19 January 2020
Kenya stares at a food shortage crisis this year following changing rainfall patterns and the invasion of quelea birds, maize diseases and, now, desert locusts. Read more »
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East Africa:
Wind May Blow Locusts Away From Kenya's Bread Basket - UN
Nation, 19 January 2020
The armies of locusts which have been ravaging parts of Kenya for the last three weeks may not march through the breadbasket counties, after all, a forecast by the United Nations… Read more »
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Kenya:
Munya Upbeat About Locust Elimination Despite Setbacks
Nation, 18 January 2020
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has reiterated the government's commitment to containing the desert locusts invasion amid challenges in aerial spraying. Read more »
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Kenya:
Locust Invasion - Another Swarm in Wajir Despite Spraying
Nation, 17 January 2020
An army of desert locusts has invaded Wajir South sub-county despite the ongoing aerial spraying. Read more »
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Kenya:
Official Wants Locust Invasion Declared a National Disaster
Nation, 17 January 2020
A top agricultural official from Wajir County has urged the national government to declare the locust invasion that is wreaking havoc in several parts of the country a national… Read more »
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Kenya:
Locust Invasion - Lack of Proper Pesticides a Major Challenge
Nation, 16 January 2020
Lack of effective pesticides is hampering efforts to contain desert locusts that have invaded several counties and caused worry about food security. Read more »
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Kenya:
Munya Releases Sh230 Million to Fight Locusts on Day One in Office
Nairobi News, 15 January 2020
Peter Munya on Wednesday hit the ground running at his new posting as Agriculture CS, announcing that the government had released Sh230 million to fight the invasive desert… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Rwanda on Alert as Locusts Invade Regional Countries
New Times, 16 January 2020
Locusts have invaded several countries in the Eastern African region, including Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with the possibility of spreading further. Read more »
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Uganda:
Uganda At Risk As Locusts Eat Crops in Kenya
Monitor, 10 January 2020
Officials at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have warned that desert locusts could attack parts of Uganda. Read more »
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Kenya:
Locusts Can Be Turned Into Delicious Dishes
Nation, 10 January 2020
The marauding swarms of locusts that have inundated the northern part of the country have now reached Isiolo County. Read more »
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East Africa:
Nature Has Become Moody but It Seems Nobody Cares
East African, 18 January 2020
Not too long, in the wider East Africa the big story was drought. In Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia cattle were being wiped out, and farmers were selling their animals for… Read more »