There's growing alarm in East Africa about huge swarms of desert locusts which are spreading across the region. The swarms have been destroying vegetation, forcing farmers into desperate measures.

It was the case of one good story leading to another. After its shocking report Jan. 25 on the locust swarms devastating agriculture in Kenya,AP’s Nairobi team came through with another truly striking ...

Several other Middle East countries ... if locust swarms headed in that direction. In Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripoli, in the Sudan, the Gold Coast, French Equatorial Africa, locust-control ...

After months of building, the biggest locust swarm recorded in 70 years swept across 10 countries in East Africa in spring ...

In 2020, East Africa experienced the worst locust swarms in 70 years. Billions of insects devoured crops and grazing land, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people in the Horn of Africa.

Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops ... World Bank estimates—based on projections issued by FAO in March 2020--show that in East Africa and Yemen alone, damages and losses could amount to as much ...

The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel spread to North Africa during February and March, said a statement from the FAO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust ... swarms are present and ...

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.