Since December, billions of desert locusts have ravaged crops, decimated pasture and threatened the livelihoods of more than 20 million people in East Africa. Follow the latest developments here.

After months of building, the biggest locust swarm recorded in 70 years swept across 10 countries in East Africa ... forming ...

In 2020, East Africa experienced the worst locust swarms in 70 years. Billions of insects devoured crops and grazing land, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people in the Horn of Africa.

Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland ... World Bank estimates—based on projections issued by FAO in March 2020--show that in East Africa and Yemen alone, damages and losses ...

it’s only the fourth most expensive natural disaster to hit the world in 2020 caused by extreme weather. From the bushfires in Australia and the locust swarms in East Africa, here’s a full ...

As we followed the locust life-cycle, our logistics became more and more challenging. In the summer of 2020, at the height ... of its leaves by a locust swarm Swarms can travel up to 60 miles ...

The head of the Kuwaiti farmers union, Abdullah Al-Dimak, has called for the need to compensating the Kuwaiti farmers since their crops were damaged by locust swarms in Wafra and Al-Abdali.