Algiers, Algeria - As part of the strategic partnership between the Desert Locust Control Commission in the Western Region (CLCPRO) and the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL), a practical training session dedicated to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and navigation tools is being held from 26 to 30 October 2025 at ASAL’s Center for Space Applications (CAS).

Algiers - As part of strengthening cooperation between Regional Desert Locust Control Commissions, a high-level delegation from the Desert Locust Control Commission in the Central Region (CRC) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Arab Republic of Egypt carried out an official visit to the Executive Secretariat of CLCPRO headquarters in Algiers, from 19 to 23 October 2025.

Rome - On the occasion of the FAO Global Technical Recognition Ceremony held at FAO headquarters in Rome, the Desert Locust Control Commission in the Western Region (CLCPRO) was honored in the category “Champion Institutions of South-South and Triangular Cooperation.”

Mauritania - In response to the recent developments in the locust situation in Mauritania, the Desert Locust Control Commission in the Western Region (CLCPRO), in collaboration with the National Anti-Locust Center (CNLA), organized a technical assessment mission aimed at strengthening prevention and regional coordination.

Agadir - The  Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO), in collaboration with the National Anti-Locust Center of Morocco (CNLAA), is organizing from 6 to 10 October 2025 a regional workshop on the management and maintenance of equipment for National Anti-Locust Units (UNLA). This session is part of the Regional Training Plan V (2023–2026) and aims to strengthen the logistical capacities of CLCPRO member countries.

Nouakchott (Mauritania) - The Executive Secretary of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO), Dr. Mohamed Lemine Hamouny, was received in an audience by His Excellency Mr. Sid Ahmed Ould Bouh, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Aïoun El Atrouss, Mauritania - The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO), in collaboration with the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) and Mauritania’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, represented by the National Locust Control Center (CNLA), is organizing a field training course for students of the Master’s program in Locust Management Science.

Salalah, (Oman) - The Executive Secretariat of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) is taking part in the interregional workshop on “Preparedness and Planning for Response to Desert Locust Outbreaks,” held in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman, from 7 to 11 September 2025. The event is organized by the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) of FAO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agricultural, Fisheries and Water Resources of Oman, and with the support of FAO. 

Dakar (Senegal) - The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO), in collaboration with the Plant Protection Directorate of Senegal, is organizing a regional workshop on locust information management from August 4 to 8, 2025. This session is part of the CLCPRO's 2025 Action Plan and Regional Training Plan V (2023-2026), adopted by member countries.

Nouakchott (Mauritania) - The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) holds a regional meeting of the directors-general of the eleven member countries on the locust outbreak in the region to discuss the status of implementation of the action plan developed in May 2025 in Tunis and update it for the period August-October 2025.