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Drones Wanted, As Kenya's Farmers Beat Drums to Scare Locusts

Kenyan scientists are saying the government needs to get help from countries with advanced drone technology like the United States, Israel and Denmark to stop the locust invasion in East Africa. This comes after the United Nations released U.S.$19 million to help. Farmers in the eight affected counties have now adopted traditional methods to deal with the locusts.

Kenya: Scientists Call for Drone Technology to Combat Locusts

Nation, 28 January 2020

Kenya needs advanced drone technology to contain the desert locusts devastating farms and grazing fields in different parts of the country, experts have advised. Read more »
East Africa: Climate Change Linked to Locust Invasion

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 January 2020

Hundreds of millions of the insects have swept over the Horn of Africa in the worst outbreak in a quarter of a century, says the United Nations Read more »

Jeff Angote/Daily Nation

A display of locusts in this picture taken on January 9, 2020 at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi County.

Kenya: Locusts Invade Tana River, Wipe Out Acres of Vegetation

Nation, 27 January 2020

Locusts have now spread to Tana River County, with locals in Bura Dhima village, Mbalambala area reporting that the insects have cleared vegetation covering three kilometres since… Read more »
Kenya: Spraying of Locusts Ravaging Muguka Farms in Embu Starts

Nation, 27 January 2020

The aerial spraying of swarms of desert locusts which have invaded Embu County has begun. Read more »
East Africa: Plague of Locusts Attacking Crops in Horn of Africa

VOA, 27 January 2020

The United Nations says urgent action must be taken to halt an invasion of locusts that is threatening food crops and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa. Read more »
Kenya: Church Leader Urges Govt to Partner With the World in Fighting Locust Invasion

Capital FM, 26 January 2020

The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) has urged the government to partner with the region and international states to fight the locust menace that is now ravaging the country and… Read more »
Kenya: Worry Over Food Security as Locusts Enter Embu From Kitui

Nation, 25 January 2020

Residents of Embu County are worried as desert locusts have been sighted at Kiambere and Mutuavale villages of the arid Mbeere South Constituency. Read more »
East Africa: UN Releases U.S.$19 Million to Help Tame Desert Locusts

Capital FM, 24 January 2020

The United Nations has released Sh1.9 billion to help scale up the response to the devastating desert locust outbreak in East Africa. Read more »
East Africa: FAO Warns Locust Swarms Spreading Beyond Horn of Africa

VOA, 27 January 2020

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that an outbreak of locusts in the Horn of Africa may soon spread to other countries. Read more »
East Africa: Billions of Locusts Swarm Over East Africa

DW, 24 January 2020

A locust invasion in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has left crops devastated. It is the biggest swarm in decades, with billions of the ravenous insects nibbling their way through the… Read more »
East Africa: East Africa Faces Locust Swarms, UN Agency Alerts for the Risk of Food Insecurity Across the Subregion

UN News, 20 January 2020

Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of "unprecedented size and destructive potential" that could spill over into more countries in East Africa, the… Read more »