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, a notorious Biblical pest, form some of the largest insect groups in nature and are estimated to threaten the livelihood of one in ten people due to their impact on food security.

After months of building, the biggest locust swarm recorded in 70 years swept across 10 countries in East Africa in spring 2020. The damage to crops was estimated at $8.5 billion (€8.1 billion) in a ...

The swarms were so thick they obscured the sun. Mohammed Adan, a farmer in northeastern Kenya, watched the horde of desert locusts first descend in late 2019. He’s been grappling with their legacy ...

Locust outbreaks, which cause considerable crop losses, affect a quarter of the world’s population today. In a recent paper, scientists predict the situation will worsen with climate change, and they ...