NAIROBI (Reuters) - Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) ...

Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods, experts said Friday.

Large swarms of desert locusts are spreading through Kenya, after wreaking havoc in Somalia and Ethiopia, posing a significant threat to food security, the agriculture minister said Friday. The ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya said on Saturday it had started aerial spraying in three counties in the country's north to try to head off a locust invasion which has already caused extensive damage to ...

KATITIKA, Kenya (AP) — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Chemicals will be sprayed in sections of Northeastern Kenya to contain locusts, Kenyan government has said, adding that an aircraft will be used. Since December, residents of Mandera, ...

The Horn of Africa has been hit by an invasion of desert locusts in 25 years -- and in Kenya, it's the worst in 70 years, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. The invasion poses an ...