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East Africa: U.S. Announces U.S.$8 Million to Locust Control Operations
Capital FM, 20 February 2020
In response to the outbreak of desert locusts in East Africa, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced that it will provide… Read more »
U.S. Pledges U.S.$8 Million For Locust Control in East Africa
By helping to reduce the size of the swarms, this aid is expected to have a positive impact on affected communities throughout the Horn of Africa. The current outbreak of desert locusts is the worst to hit East Africa in decades, billions of pests have taken over the region, devouring crops and vegetation, and destroying livestock pastures.
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East Africa: 'There is Nothing Left to Harvest' - Farmers Tell of Locust Devastation
DW, 19 February 2020
Desert locusts have been ravaging East Africa. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a food crisis. The main response has been spraying the areas affected with… Read more »
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Uganda: How to Protect Your Farm From Locusts
Monitor, 19 February 2020
As several millions of locusts tear through Turkana wilderness to advance to greener grasslands in Uganda, emotions are high among local farmers across the country. Read more »
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Kenya: Kisii on High Locust Alert as Experts Assess Kisumu Case
Nation, 19 February 2020
The county government of Kisii is on high alert over a possible desert locust invasion with authorities now advising farmers to harvest their crops to avoid losses, barely two days… Read more »
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South Sudan: Fears Grow As Locusts Swarm Towards South Sudan
savethechildren_uk, 18 February 2020
The food supplies of some of the most vulnerable children and families in South Sudan are under threat as massive swarms of desert locusts head towards the country's border with… Read more »
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East Africa: Locust in the Region - Food Security in Danger
The Exchange, 17 February 2020
East Africa is facing a serious threat posed by billions of locusts-the most dangerous migratory pests, threatening food security in the region which is also enduring, through… Read more »
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Tanzania: Government Allays Fears of Locust Invasion Likelihood
Daily News, 14 February 2020
TANZANIA Meteorological Authority (TMA) has allayed fears circulating in social media on the possibility of an invasion of desert locust swarms in the country which have already… Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
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Aid workers and experts are warning that a new generation of voracious desert locusts are about to hatch in East Africa, and if not tackled now, will form swarms 20 times larger ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
