Hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming through parts of East Africa and South Asia in the worst infestation for a quarter of a century, threatening crops and livelihoods. A man attempts to ...

A second invasion by desert locusts has hit East Africa in just a few months, as younger and more aggressive swarms hatch and spread across a region already battling hunger and coronavirus ...

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.

The worst desert locust outbreak in a generation has been decimating crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa. Since January, Kenya Ethiopia, and Somalia have been battling to contain the ...

Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland, destroying food and vegetation and jeopardizing food security across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. The World Bank is ...

The locusts are breeding and forming new swarms in the Horn of Africa, The Times of Israel reported, citing Locust Watch, part of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the United Nations.

A letter from the Mandera Mission, in German East Africa, gives a distressing account of the ravages of a swarm of locusts. "The maize, mtarna, and bean fields," says the writer, "which yesterday ...

In her article, Vosshall described how heavy rains has helped birth a growing population of swarming desert locusts in Africa and Asia. "This year is a plague year," she wrote. Although the desert ...

Swarms of locusts in East African countries are threatening the food supply of more than 20 million people at a time when food is already scarce because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now ...

More frequent extreme weather events could power swarms of desert locusts ... The study notes that areas in East Africa and the Middle East see more locust activity during El Niño years due ...