A Samburu man attempts to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts flying over a grazing land in Lemasulani village, Samburu County, Kenya on January 17, 2020. PHOTO | REUTERS
Virulent locusts, which have invaded parts of Kenya in the past three weeks, now have experts warning that their presence there and to the north of the country and now moving south and east, pose an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.
United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation on Monday described the infestation as “significant and extremely dangerous” warning of an eminent “food crisis in months to come” if control measures are not taken. FAO urged Uganda and South Sudan, where the locusts are headed, to remain vigilant.
