Desert Locust situation update - 22 January 2021
Swarms appear in NE Ethiopia In the past few days, there have been new reports from northeast Ethiopia of swarms in Afambo, Asayita and Dubti districts of the Afar region as well as in North and...
Swarms appear in NE Ethiopia In the past few days, there have been new reports from northeast Ethiopia of swarms in Afambo, Asayita and Dubti districts of the Afar region as well as in North and...
Tropical cyclone Eloise is likely to bring heavy rainfall to parts of Madagascar and Mozambique Africa Weather Hazards Desert locust swarms are expected to disperse across Ethiopia and Kenya as...
The conflict in Tigray compounded by climate-fuelled locust infestations and coronavirus has left millions of people in desperate need of humanitarian aid yet access to those affected continues to be...
In Numbers 899 mt of food assistance distributed USD 172,158 cash-based transfers made USD 4 m six months (January– June 2021) net funding requirements 71,874 people assisted in December 2020...
Current Nutrition Situation The median Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) prevalence has remained Serious (10–14.9%) for the past four consecutive seasons (11.8 in Gu 2020, 13.1% in 2019/20 Deyr, 13.8%...
Generally dry conditions are expected in the next three months. In the Horn of Africa, above-average rains during the last week of January may allow current Desert Locust swarms to mature and breed...
20 janvier 2021, Djibouti – Dans l’après-midi du mardi 6 Janvier 2021, le Criquet pèlerin a été signalé à Harrou et Gami dans la région de Dikhil, avant d’être passé dans la région d’Ali Sabieh...
Funding shortfalls threaten continued operations Nairobi/New York/Rome, 19 January 2021 - A locust fighting force assembled by countries in East Africa to combat an invasion of the crop-devouring...
Swarms continue to invade Kenya In the Horn of Africa, aerial and ground control operations continue against highly mobile swarms in Ethiopia and -**Kenya**, and hopper bands and mature swarms in...
Communities still recovering from last year’s infestation and the impact of Covid-19 GOAL Ethiopia is responding to a new desert locust infestation which is threatening agricultural livelihoods and...