Desert Locust Invasion Update: 1st May 2020
The United Nations has predicted that the second wave of locusts expected in June-July in East Africa could be 20 times worse
Delays in obtaining pesticides, helicopters, and other vital supplies have set back efforts to combat East Africa’s worst desert locust outbreak in decades.
Speaking to the UN Security Council last week, David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, mentioned the locusts as one of the reasons 2020 could see the world facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the second World War.