The desert locust invasion in Somalia has significantly affected the country’s food security, with successive generations of swarms destroying vital crops and pastures. Compounding the situation were ...

Drivers on a Sahara Desert highway were ambushed by a massive swarm of locusts covering the road on Feb. 24, and while mostly harmless to humans, these insects still pose serious threats to crops, ...

A resident of Tenges in Baringo Central tackles locusts last year. At least 20 counties have been invaded by the desert locusts. [File, Standard] Kenya is under pressure to avert a full-scale desert ...

Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something—like intense rainfall—triggers them to swarm in vast numbers, often with devastating consequences. This migratory pest can reach plague ...

Swarms of locusts which are wreaking havoc across East Africa have now arrived in South Sudan, the government said Tuesday, threatening more misery in one of the world's most vulnerable nations.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kenya may have ducked a major food security crisis this year following the invasion of the ...

SWARMS of locusts arriving from the Sahara have plagued holidaymakers across the Canary Islands, prompting officials to urge calm. Leaders in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura ...

The ruling bolsters efforts by Republican-led states to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of public money.