For the third time this year, swarms of hungry grasshoppers are invading eastern Africa, endangering food supplies in a region where famine is always perilously close and a new civil war is beginning to unfold. On Friday, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alert that swarms were again on the move across the region, threatening crops in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. “Breeding continues in central Somalia and eastern Ethiopia where hopper bands are present, and a new generation of immature swarms will start forming by the end of this month. Swarm formation will continue throughout December because of widespread hatching and band formation that occurred this past week,” the FAO wrote. The group noted that strong northeasterly winds are carrying the flying insects further than normal. “From the second week of December onwards, several waves of numerous swarms can be expected to move south in Somalia and Ethiopia, reaching northern Kenya,” the FAO added. As expected, several small mature swarmlets from Somalia moved to Kenya and a few may reach NE Tanzania this weekend.#DesertLocust situation has been updated on Locust Watch 👉🏾https://t.co/p0qAyCHWZQ pic.twitter.com/e8adTmJNyF — FAO Locust (@FAOLocust) November 20,… Read full this story
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