More money needed in war against locusts
Desert locusts from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI – THE funds needed to combat the pest crisis in East Africa have doubled to US$138 million (about R2,2 billion) in one month. This setback More...
German funds war against East Africa locust invasion
Desert locusts from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI – GERMANY has made available €2 million (R32,6 million) to tackle the worst locust infestation in decades currently destroying crops and pastureland More...
Locust invasion grips vulnerable East Africa
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA – EAST Africa is on the brink of a prolonged food insecurity crisis amid fears the desert locust invasion in Ethiopia and Somalia will spread to neighbouring More...
Locusts invasion worsens dreadful Ethiopia drought
Desert locusts from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA – THE massive destruction by desert locusts in Ethiopia is worsening food insecurity in a country where about 8 million people were More...