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.

Agadir (Morocco) - The first cohort of the Master’s programme in Acridology, initiated by FAO in partnership with the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV) of Agadir, for the benefit of the member countries of the Commissions for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) and Central Region (CRC), celebrated the completion of its training cycle during an official ceremony marking a major milestone in strengthening preventive control against the Desert Locust.

N’Djamena (Chad) - The Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) organized on Wednesday, 9 July, in N’Djamena (Chad), an official ceremony for the handover of off-road vehicles to the National Agency for Locust Control of Chad and the National Locust Control Centre of Niger.

Agadir (Morocco)- As part of the joint Master's program in locust management sciences (2023–2027), 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), the FAO's Transboundary Plant Pests and Diseases Control Team (NSPMD), and the Agadir Horticultural Complex (CHA) of the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, organized an international workshop on the theme: « Innovative technologies for sustainable management of the desert locust ».  

Algiers (Algeria) - A tribute ceremony was held at the CLCPRO Secretariat headquarters in Algiers in recognition of the Western Region Intervention Force (FIRO) teams deployed to support Tunisia in its fight against the resurgence of the desert locust.

Algiers (Algeria) - Following her appointment in Algiers, Ms Savina Ammassari, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Algeria, visited Dr. Mohamed Lemine Hamouny, Executive Secretary of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO).

19/05/2025 - On the sidelines of his official mission to Algeria, Dr Abdulhakim Elwaer, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa, paid a working visit to the headquarters of the Commission for the Control of the Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) in Algiers.

Tunis, 5 May 2025 – The Commission for Controlling Desert Locust in the Western Region (CLCPRO) is organising a workshop to develop a regional action plan to deal with the locust resurgence in the western region during the summer of 2025.