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Kenya: New Locust Swarms Invade Farms in South Rift
Nation, 25 March 2020
Farmers in the South Rift region are grappling with new swarms of desert locusts. Read more »
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Kenya: Farmers Brace for Second Onslaught of Crop-Devouring Locusts
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 23 March 2020
With 3 million Kenyans already facing food shortages, new locust swarms are starting to appear - and farmers have been warned to prepare Read more »
Fear as New Locust Swarms Invade Kenya
Farmers have criticised the government for abandoning the war on the destructive insects and called for speedy intervention. They are worried that the invasion could lead to major losses and hunger, given that aerial spraying of the insects has been put on hold in some places due to the coronavirus crisis.
Residents of Mahiga-Meru village chase desert locusts using old aluminium cooking pots, iron sheets and twigs, in Laikipia County, Kenya, February 25, 2020.
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East Africa: UN Fast Tracks U.S.$10 Million Loan to Scale Up Fight Against Desert Locusts
Africa Renewal, 24 March 2020
FAO is further scaling up its activities to fight the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa thanks to a $10 million loan approved this week by the United Nations' Central Emergency… Read more »
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Kenya: Flight Bans Derail Efforts to Contain Desert Locusts As Pesticides Run Out
Nation, 23 March 2020
A pesticide shortage is threatening to derail the government's efforts to contain the desert locust invasion. Read more »
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Africa: Devastating Locust Outbreak Exposes Need for Crop Science On All Fronts
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 9 March 2020
Behind every farmer dealing with a crop pest is a scientist who has supported them by developing better seeds, crop protection methods and apps to identify weeds Read more »
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Uganda: Desert Locust Invasion Could Cost Country U.S.$218 Million
Independent (Kampala), 2 March 2020
Uganda risks losing up to Shs 800bn (US$218.3 million) in export revenue if the desert locusts are not halted in the coming weeks, according to the agriculture ministry. Read more »
InFocus
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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With the spread of the novel coronavirus across the world, African countries are showing a willingness to assist each other. Businesses and public and Read more »
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Ongoing research about SARS-CoV-2 - the new coronavirus - is yielding new information daily, and there is still much to learn. Keep checkingRead more »
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18 March 2020
The Best Handwashing Video You've Seen - So Far...
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Handwashing in the time of the novel coronavirus... Noah Tau Louw shows us how to clean our hands - for at least 20 seconds - as it's one of the most ... see more »
InFocus
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Officials have said the hopper bands could form swarms close to 100 times larger than the wave that descended in the region from neighbouring Somalia and Ethiopia. A newly hatched ... Read more »
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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 ... 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 »
