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“Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS 1 of 15 – In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, a young desert locust that has not yet grown wings is stuck in a spider’s web on aRead More

Uganda govt to send 2000 armed soldiers to fight locusts

Image may be subject to copyright Uganda to deploy troops in efforts to combat possible locust invasion Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-08 00:21:08|Editor: huaxia KAMPALA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Uganda on FridayRead More

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms in Africa are worst in decades (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

A farmer looks back as she walks through swarms of desert locusts feeding on her crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmedRead More

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms in Africa are worst in decades (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

A farmer looks back as she walks through swarms of desert locusts feeding on her crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmedRead More

UGANDA: Harvest the locusts instead of spraying them with dangerous pesticides

Ben Reade in Kenya. Photo: Nordic Food Lab, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 MARTHA LEAH NANGALAMA – Make an apparatus like the one shown in the photograph and when the locusts arriveRead More

Uganda latest African nation to face locust threat

Locusts are said to have been seen at Ndumuru village in Ntunene ward and Kina Meru Kiutine.PHOTO/CITIZEN By CGTN Africa Officials at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have warned thatRead More

Somalia hit by worst desert locust invasion in 25 years

FILE PHOTO: A desert locust feeds on crops in Laghouat, Algeria, July 29, 2004. Picture taken July 29, 2004. REUTERS/LOUAFI LARBI/FILE PHOTO ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Desert locusts are destroying tensRead More

War Plagues Yemen, Then Come the Locusts

WASHINGTON/SANA’A (Voa News) – A crippling war drags on in Yemen and nature has taken its place in the fight. Swarms of red desert locusts have been spotted flying throughRead More

Eighth Plague of Egypt: UN Agency Warns of Locust Swarms That Could Devastate African Countries

© AP Photo / Ariel Schalit By SPUTNIK The UN Food and Agriculture Organization singled out Yemen as the country which is at the highest risk of locust invasion, bothRead More

Eighth Plague of Egypt: UN Agency Warns of Locust Swarms That Could Devastate African Countries

© AP Photo / Ariel Schalit By SPUTNIK The UN Food and Agriculture Organization singled out Yemen as the country which is at the highest risk of locust invasion, bothRead More

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