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Act Now to Stop New Locust Disaster in East Africa - UN Agencies

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization says that nymph (baby) desert locusts maturing in Somalia's rebel-held backcountry, where aerial spraying is next to unrealizable, will develop wings in the "next three or four weeks" and threaten millions of people already short of food.

East Africa: Second Wave of Locust Invasion to Hit in Two Months

East African, 16 February 2020

East African countries should brace themselves for a second round of invasion by the desert locusts in the next one to two months, Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture has warned. Read more »
East Africa: Locusts 2.0 - Experts Fear New Swarms, 20 Times As Large

The New Humanitarian, 11 February 2020

A new generation of voracious desert locusts is about to hatch in eastern Africa, and if not tackled now, will form swarms 20 times larger than the wave that has swept through the… Read more »
East Africa: Next Locust Swarms Airborne in 3 to 4 Weeks, UN Warns

DW, 9 February 2020

Baby desert locusts in Somalia will become East Africa's next plague wave, UN agronomy experts have warned. Climate change-driven rain has triggered "unprecedented" breeding, says… Read more »

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A swarm of locusts spotted at Riandira village in Kirinyaga County in Kenya on January 13, 2020.

East Africa: Act Now to Prevent Desert Locust Catastrophe in Horn of Africa - UN Agencies

UN News, 10 February 2020

With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the… Read more »
East Africa: Smart Drones to Be Tested in Battle Against Locust Swarms

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 February 2020

The impact on the region's food supply could be enormous - a locust swarm of a square kilometre is able to eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people Read more »
Nigeria: FAO Seeks Support to Fight Desert Locust Upsurge

This Day, 10 February 2020

The Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), QU Dongyu, has said desert locust upsurge in the horn of Africa is threatening to provoke a humanitarian crisis and… Read more »
Kenya: Economists Downplay Locust Invasion Impact

Nation, 10 February 2020

Economists have played down the invasion of farmlands by desert locusts, saying it poses minimal impact on growth. Read more »
East Africa: UN Calls On Developed Countries to Help East Africa Fight Locust Plague

News24Wire, 9 February 2020

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has bemoaned developed countries' contribution to climate change, commending Africa for its political and moral leadership on the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Understanding the Locust Problem

The Herald, 10 February 2020

Zimbabwean farmers were genuinely worried when swarms of desert locusts teared through large parts of East Africa a few weeks ago. Read more »
Africa: Locust Invasions Are Cyclical - Countries Shouldn't Be Caught Napping

The Conversation Africa, 3 February 2020

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the locust invasion in the Horn of Africa may soon spread to other countries. The locusts feeding on crops could leave… Read more »