Commentary / World May 2, 2020
Locusts, pandemics, floods: East Africa can’t catch a break
by Bobby Ghosh
A deadly mix of plagues could create food insecurity in one of the continent’s most vibrant regions.
World Mar 26, 2020
Kenyans brace for second — and possibly worse — onslaught of locusts
by Dominic Kirui
After desert locusts invaded her farm in central Kenya, Mary Muthoni, 61, ran around her corn fields shouting and banging on an old iron sheet in a desperate attempt to drive them away. "They came here yesterday evening and sat on top of these trees ...
Asia Pacific | FOCUS Mar 6, 2020
Too little, too late? Pakistan struggles to combat locust plague
Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring. Heavy rains and cyclones sparked "unprecedented" breeding and the explosive growth of locust populations on ...
World / Science & Health Feb 3, 2020
Somalia declares locust plague emergency, appeals for funding
Somalia declared the worst desert locust invasion in a quarter-century a national emergency that's posing a major threat to an already fragile food situation. Swarms of the insects are breeding in Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan and have also spread to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, where ...
World / Science & Health Jan 30, 2020
African locust invasions believed triggered by climate change
Climate change may be powering the swarms of desert locusts that have invaded eastern Africa, ravaging crops, decimating pasture and deepening a hunger crisis, locust and climate experts said. Hundreds of millions of the insects have swept over the Horn of Africa in the worst ...