#Locust invasion – Ethiopian Monitor

Locust infestation declines in Horn of Africa: FAO

March 26, 2021March 29, 2021 Ethiopian Monitor #Desert Locust, #East Africa, #Ethiopia, #Kenya, #Locust invasion, #Somalia, #UN FAO

ADDIS ABABA – Delayed rains in the Horn of Africa have helped to keep the locust population down, the UN

Locust Swarms Posing Threat for Belg Season

February 13, 2021February 14, 2021 Ethiopian Monitor #Belg Season, #Ethiopia, #IGAD, #Kenya, #Locust invasion, #Somalia

ADDIS ABEBA – East African economic bloc said on Saturday locust infestation may pose “a very high risk’ for crops

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Ethiopia to Buy 5 Aircrafts to Combat New Wave of Locust Invasion

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Ethiopian Monitor #Aircraft, #Ethiopia, #Locust invasion

ADDIS ABEBA – The government of Ethiopia is set to purchase five airplanes that will support its fight against desert

Locust Outbreaks Threaten Food Security in Southern Africa: FAO

September 4, 2020September 8, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Botswana, #Food Security, #Locust invasion, #Namibia, #Zambia, #Zimbabwe

ADDIS ABABA – Outbreaks of African Migratory Locust (AML) are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of people

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Ethiopia Steps Up Aerial Spraying to Stop New Desert Locust Invasion

May 12, 2020May 13, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #agriculture, #Ethiopia, #Locust invasion, #Locusts, #UN FAO

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has deployed helicopters to spray new swarms of desert locusts that are eating crops and threatening

Desert Locusts drive one million Ethiopians to food Insecurity

April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Ethiopia, #Food Security, #Locust invasion

ADDIS ABEBA – About one million Ethiopians have been affected by the Desert Locust invasion and require emergency food assistance,

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Additional Aircraft to Join Ethiopia’s Fight against Locusts

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Desert Locust, #Ethiopia, #fao ethiopia, #Locust invasion

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

East Africa’s Locust Crisis in Numbers

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Desert Locust, #East Africa, #Ethiopia, #Kenya, #Locust invasion, #Somalia

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

UN Releases $10mln to Contain Outbreak in East Africa

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Ethiopian Monitor #Africa, #East Africa, #Ethiopia, #Kenya, #Locust invasion, #Somalia

ADDIS ABEBA – UN humanitarian agency says it has released 10 million US dollars from its central emergency response fund