-
Kenya: Battle Against Desert Locusts Almost Won - UN Agency
Nation, 29 July 2020
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says Kenya is just three weeks away from eliminating the desert locust menace. Read more »
-
East Africa: UK Extends Support to Tackle Unprecedented Locust Outbreaks
Ethiopian Herald, 28 July 2020
ADDIS ABABA - UK announced 17 million Euro that will go to the FAO's emergency appeal to help to control the increase of locusts in Africa and Asia. Read more »
-
Ethiopia: Hunger Spectre Casts Long, Ominous Shadow. Time to Get Ready
Addis Fortune, 25 July 2020
The economic indicators for Ethiopia this fiscal year are less than encouraging, even if economic advisors around Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) foresee strong growth and less… Read more »
-
Somalia: Locusts Arrive in Gujarat From Somalia Via Pakistan
Shabelle, 16 July 2020
A relatively small swarm of crop-eating locusts has arrived in Gujarat's Bhuj from Somalia via Pakistan, Union agriculture ministry's Locust Warning Organisation (LWO) said on… Read more »
East Africa's Battle Against Locusts Almost Won - UN Agency
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says Kenya is just three weeks away from eliminating the desert locust menace. Eight months after the locust invasion, FAO has said only Samburu and Turkana counties in Kenya are still battling the destructive swarms.
InFocus
-
The swarms are expected to mature and lay eggs shortly after landing in Sudan due to the good breeding and survival conditions occasioned by the rains at Kordofan and Darfur. The ... Read more »
-
The new swarm of locusts that has been seen in Turkana is reportedly is still in hopper state - young, immature and is not easy to spot, and is likely to spread into Eastern ... Read more »
-
The new swarms expected to hatch in May 2020 will be descendants from the first generation that the Horn of Africa countries are battling to contain with little or no success. ... Read more »
-
Billions of desert locusts have swept across east Africa, threatening the livelihoods of more than 20 million people. The United Nations has called the infestation - which has also ... Read more »
-
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 ... Read more »
Desert Locusts are partially sedated, paralysed, gather around trees and will die within 48 hours after aerial spraying (file photo).
