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East African farmers face new outbreak of locusts amid COVID-19 outbreak
As the world battles COVID-19, farmers in East Africa are facing another devastating outbreak, swarms of desert locusts, says the International Committee of the...
Jitters prevail as long rains season starts in Kenya amid locust invasion
Unexpected heavy rains in different parts of Kenya present fresh challenges to farmers battling invasion of desert locusts, which have spread to at least...
SADC appeals for international support in controlling spread of locusts
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministers responsible for disaster risk management have called for the engagement of international partners to support the region...
Uganda intensifies fight against locusts
Over 2,000 army and civilian personnel are combing up bushes in the northeastern part of the country to hunt down desert locusts that migrated...
Locusts eating away hope of Kenyan farmers ravaged by climate change
When a swarm of desert locusts invaded Mandera in northern Kenya from neighboring Somalia early January, many farmers in the heartlands thought the ravenous...
