More money needed in war against locusts
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE funds needed to combat the pest crisis in East Africa have doubled to US$138 million (about R2,2 billion) in…
Desert locusts
Locust invasion threatens children’s food supplies
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – THE food supplies of some of the most vulnerable children and families in South Sudan are under threat as massive…
Locust invasion escalating in East Africa
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE multiplying swarms of locusts are posing an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn…
Locust invasion grips vulnerable East Africa
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – EAST Africa is on the brink of a prolonged food insecurity crisis amid fears the desert locust invasion…
Locusts invasion worsens dreadful Ethiopia drought
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – THE massive destruction by desert locusts in Ethiopia is worsening food insecurity in a country where…