desert locust invasion
FAO warns of second wave of locust attack
Reading Time: 2 minutes Samburu and other counties in Northern Kenya may be under a second threat of locusts attack, Food and Agriculture Organisation’s […]
Kenya, Horn of Africa faces ‘fresh locust invasion later in the year’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya is among other East African countries facing another desert locust invasion later in the year, the United Nations warns. […]
Fresh wave of desert locust invasion feared
Reading Time: < 1 minute East African region is faced with the threat of a fresh wave of deserts locust invasion despite restrictions on the […]
State, UN body say they are winning fight against locusts
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nicholas Waitathu and George Kebaso William Lelesara, an 18-year-old herder in Mugur village, Samburu East, stands still as a statue, his […]
Sh100 million to sustain fight against desert locust invasion
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mwangi Mumero Donations to combat the desert locust invasion in Eastern Africa continue to pour in even as more parts of the […]
State hires expert to assess damage caused by locusts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Christine Musa and KNA The government has hired a consultant to assess the damage caused by the destructive desert locusts […]
Fall army worm causes food losses worth Sh2 billion
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wahinya Henry and Mwangi Mumero Farmers have lost more than Sh2 billion of expected revenue in the last three years because […]
Somalia declares locust invasion an emergency
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mogadishu, Sunday Somalia on Sunday declared a locust infestation sweeping the Horn of Africa to be a national emergency, as […]
Our costly but fruitless benchmarking trip to ‘study’ locusts
Reading Time: 3 minutes MCA Gwinso The urgency with which MCA Chonjo, the acting chair of the committee on environment, called a meeting was […]
Scientists raise red alert over desert locust invasion
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bernard Gitau and Dorcas Mbatia and KNA Scientists yesterday raised the red alert over impending invasion of the country by desert […]