#Desert Locust – Page 2 – Ethiopian Monitor

EU Contributes €2mln to Support Ethiopians affected by Locusts

ADDIS ABABA – The European Union (EU) has provided 2 million Euros or approximately 86.8 million Birr to UNICEF to

ADDIS ABABA – Scientists say they’ve discovered a chemical pheromone that causes locusts to swarm.

ADDIS ABABA – Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) will handover additional aircraft to Ethiopia locusts have been causing massive agricultural and

ADDIS ABABA – Desert locusts have affected at least 173 woredas or districts across seven regions of Ethiopia since the

ADDIS ABEBA – The United States is providing an additional $10 million in humanitarian assistance to support regional operations to

ADDIS ABEBA – The United Nations secretary general has linked the locust crisis to the global worming as he appealed

ADDIS ABEBA – Swarms of locusts that are sweeping across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could grow 500 times bigger by

ADDIS ABEBA – Three East African Nations – Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia – are struggling with “unprecedented” and “devastating” swarms

ADDIS ABABA – Despite control efforts, Desert Locusts are spreading to new areas of Ethiopia in vast numbers, says the

ADDIS ABEBA – East African countries have been warned to take immediate and collective actions after severe desert locust outbreak