By Harun Maruf February 02, 2020 01:08 PM The Somali government has declared a national emergency over a locust upsurge which is spreading in the East Africa region. The Somali Minister of...
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Desert Locusts Put Ethiopian Crops At Risk
By Sora Halake November 13, 2019 12:10 PM Ethiopian agriculture officials say they are taking steps to control a major locust infestation that could threaten some of the country's staple crops. ...
UN Fears Fall Armyworm Outbreak Threatens Zimbabwe’s Food Security
March 07, 2019 4:15 AM Columbus Mavhunga HARARE, ZIMBABWE — The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization fears that an outbreak of fall armyworm in Zimbabwe will affect food security in a...
Fall Armyworms Hit Malawi, President Appeals for Help
BLANTYRE — In Malawi, President Peter Mutharika has declared 20 of the country’s 28 districts disaster areas following an invasion by fall armyworms. The pests have destroyed the crops of nearly...
Cameroon + 1 more
Fall Armyworm Spreads to Cameroon
Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE — Fall armyworm has spread to Cameroon. The pest has attacked crops in at least 24 African countries. In Cameroon, the Ministry of Agriculture says it is particularly...
World + 5 more
Fall Armyworms on March Across Africa
Sora Halake A recently arrived species of armyworm has spread to 21 African countries and threatens the continent's main food staple, maize, report experts from the U.S. Agency for International...
Kenya + 5 more
Fall Armyworms Descend on East Africa
NAIROBI — After more than a year of wreaking havoc across western and southern Africa, fall armyworms have now been reported in most countries in eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,...
Malawi + 2 more
UN Agency Meeting on Army Worm Outbreak in Southern Africa
Sebastian Mhofu HARARE — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is holding an emergency regional meeting in Zimbabwe on the spread of army worms in southern Africa, which is already...
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Southern Africa Battles Army Worm Invasion
Lameck Masina BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe are urging farmers to act fast with pesticides to halt the spread of army worms now threatening crops. Army worms are a common pest, but...
Liberians Flee Caterpillar Invasion
Jennifer Lazuta June 23, 2014 9:28 AM DAKAR — Thousands of people have fled their homes in northern Liberia following an invasion of caterpillars - which have overtaken houses and schools, destroyed...
Farmers Replant Crops in Armyworm Devastated Regions
Gibbs Dube Farmers in areas devastated by the armyworm have started replanting crops though some of them are failing to access agricultural inputs. The farmers told VOA Studio 7 that the armyworm...
Armyworms Destroy Zimbabwean Crops, Pastures
Gibbs Dube The Agricultural Research and Extension Services (AREX) and some communal farmers say almost all provinces have been invaded by an armyworm which is destroying hundreds of hectares of...
WFP scales up operation in Sahel
by Lisa Schlein GENEVA — The World Food Program says it is scaling up its humanitarian operation in West Africa’s Sahel region to assist 10 million people critically short of food. WFP says among the...
In Niger, humanitarian organization racing against clock to feed undernourished
By Brian Padden Maradi, Niger, 23 August 2005 - In Niger, the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders operates 32 therapeutic feeding programs for children suffering from severe...
Food distribution underway in drought-stricken Niger
By Brian Padden Garin Goubli, Niger, 18 August 2005 - In the village of Garin Goubli in Niger, life appears to go on as normal. A woman draws water from the village well. Construction on a new mosque...
Niger famine spotlights infrastructure issues
By Brian Padden Dakoro, Niger, 16 August 2005 - Although the president of Niger recently said there is no famine in his country, the U.N. World Food Program sees it differently, estimating that more...
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FAO calls for help in war on African locusts
Sabina Castelfranco Rome New waves of locust swarms are forming in West Africa, where international experts say substantial breeding is in progress. As the situation in the region continues to...
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Locusts plague North and Sub-Saharan Africa
Giant clouds of desert locusts have invaded a huge chunk of North and sub-Saharan Africa, threatening to devastate some of the world's poorest countries. Experts estimate this year's locust...