Locust emergency not yet over
21 July 2005 - Intensive and wide-ranging locust monitoring and control operations need to be continued in the next months in frontline countries in the Sahel. [more...]

Environmentally friendly weapon against locusts proves effective
28 June 2005 - For the first time, an environmentally friendly weapon against Desert Locusts has been successfully tested under large-scale field conditions. [more...]

Desert Locust: FAO urges increased vigilance
24 June 2005 - Survey operations should be intensified in Sudan and neighbouring Eritrea, as several locust swarms have moved east across Sudan from Darfour towards the Gedaref area and the border with Eritrea. [more...]

West African food crisis looming
20 June 2005 - The consequences of last year's drought and locust invasion continue to threaten the livelihoods and access to food of millions of farmers and herders in West Africa. [more...]

Worsening food situation in parts of the Sahel
10 May 2005 - Damage from the 2004 drought and locust infestations is aggravating the food situation in parts of the Sahel. [more...]

Desert locust: FAO recommends continuing control actions and vigilance
7 January 2005 - Despite recent improvements, the Desert Locust situation remains serious in Western Africa where vigilance and intensive control operations are still needed, according to FAO. [more...]

FAO urges countries to continue intensive locust control campaigns
30 November 2004 -- The period between now and the end of February 2005 is crucial for a well-coordinated desert locust control campaign to protect crops in the Maghreb and to reduce the risk of swarms reinvading the Sahelian countries next summer. [more...]

A few locust swarms could cross Gulf of Suez and Red Sea, FAO warns
19 November 2004 -- FAO has alerted Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia and Sudan of the possibility of a few desert locust swarms arriving from northern Egypt. [more...]

Desert Locusts cause severe crop damage in Mauritania
4 November 2004 -- Regional cereal production in the Sahel will not be affected in a major way this year, despite large-scale Desert Locust infestations. [more...]

Locust swarms on the move across the Sahel
13 October 2004 -- Numerous locust swarms are on the move across the Sahelian countries of West Africa and the campaign to control them is entering a critical phase, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said today. [more...]

FAO intensifies locust campaign in West Africa
1 October 2004 -- Desert locust control operations have been expanded in West Africa, but countries are still facing serious shortages of pesticides and aircraft. [more...]

Locust crisis to hit northwest Africa again - situation deteriorating in the Sahel
17 September 2004 -- The desert locust crisis in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali and Niger is expected to deteriorate over the next few weeks, FAO warned today. There is a serious risk that northwest Africa will be reinvaded by swarms from October onwards. [more...]

FAO welcomes increased commitment to contain Desert Locusts
2 September 2004 -- FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said the next two months in the battle against Desert Locusts will be "extremely crucial". [more...]

Dramatic locust situation in West Africa - donor response positive
26 August 2004 -- The international community has responded positively to an appeal launched by FAO to assist countries in west and northwest Africa in their fight against desert locusts. [more...]

Locust situation worsens in Mauritania and Mali
18 August 2004 -- West Africa is facing a worsening locust crisis as more swarms arrive in Mauritania, Mali and Niger, according to the latest update issued by FAO. [more...]

Locust invasion threatens summer crops in Sahel countries
5 August 2004 -- Large locust swarms continue to arrive in West African countries, FAO said today. In Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia the situation is returning to normal. [more...]

More locust swarms are invading Sahel countries
27 July 2004 -- The number of desert locust swarms invading Mauritania, Senegal and Mali has increased in the past two weeks, FAO said.
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Locust swarms invade West Africa
5 July 2004 -- The first desert locust swarms have moved from their spring breeding areas in Northwest Africa to several Sahelian countries in West Africa, FAO said today, calling for urgent international assistance to avoid a plague. [more...]

Locust situation in northwest Africa is very worrying
26 May 2004 -- The locust situation in northwest Africa is very worrying despite intensive control activities, FAO warned today. An upsurge is under way in the region. [more...]

Locust threat in Northwest Africa extremely serious
27 April 2004 -- The threat of desert locusts in West and Northwest Africa remains "extremely serious", FAO warned today. [more...]

Desert locust situation extremely serious in northwest Africa
23 March 2004 -- Despite control operations, the desert locust situation continues to be extremely serious in northwest Africa. [more...]

Locust situation heads towards a plague, FAO warns
23 February 2004 -- FAO launched today an appeal to donors for $6 million, which is urgently needed to support desert locust control operations in Mauritania, and another $3 million for Mali, Niger and Chad, in order to prevent the early stages of the current upsurge from developing into a plague.
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