New locust swarms form in northern Somalia

By Citizen Reporter,

New immature locust swarms continue to slowly form from breeding in Puntland, Somalia where hopper bands persist near the coast. According to the F...

locust swarms

KQ poised for Ksh.10B bailout by state

By Citizen Reporter,

The details of the additional cash injection into the national carrier-KQ- are contained in the supplementary budget tabled in the national assembly a...

kq

Govt says it is in control of desert locust swarms

By Dennis Otieno,

Since the beginning of September last year, the East African region was facing an acute food security following a second wave of desert locust invasio...

Growing swarms of locusts converging in Kenya threaten crops

By VOA,

Kenya is under siege again by swarms of locusts that threaten to ruin farmers’ crops and pastures. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FA...

desert locusts , FAO

Locust swarms spotted in Marsabit as Kenya braces for havoc

By Reuters,

Desert locust swarms have reappeared in East Africa to the dismay of farmers and villagers who witnessed them wreak havoc on their crops and pasture i...

desert locusts , locusts

First wave of desert locust swarms invades Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

On 21 December, immature desert locust swarms from the north first arrived in northeast Kenya where they were seen southwest of Mandera. In the fol...

desert locusts

President Uhuru Kenyatta at IGAD summit in Djibouti

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta joined other regional leaders for the 38th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Inte...

IGAD , Uhuru kenyatta

Desert locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn ...

Desert locust , FAO

OPINION: African countries commit to ambitious targets to address climate change

By Guest Writer,

Today, more than 70 world leaders met at a virtual Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK Government, where nations were called upon to bring new pl...

Climate Ambition Summit , President Uhuru Kenyatta , UK government

Eight dead after cyclone Gati hits Somalia’s Puntland, spread of locusts feared

By Reuters,

A cyclone that hit parts of Somalia this week killed eight people and displaced thousands, flooded farmlands and could worsen a locusts plague, an off...

Cyclone , locusts

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

FAO warns of second wave of Desert locust attack in Kenya

By Simiyu Wanjala,

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of a second wave of Desert locust attack in Kenya in December. Deputy Country Representative at ...

Desert locust

La Nina to cause drier than normal conditions in East Africa – WMO

By VOA,

The World Meteorological Organization predicts La Nina will continue through January and is expected to usher in drier and wetter conditions than norm...

la nina , locusts

Swelled by rain and COVID curbs, locusts ravage Ethiopia

By Reuters,

Marima Wadisha, a mother of 10, screamed, threw rocks and in her desperation even fired bullets at locusts that descended on her sorghum fields in nor...

Ethiopia , locusts

271 more people test positive for coronavirus, MOH urges youth to stop ‘reckless behaviour’

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya's coronavirus cases have risen to 30,636 after 271 more people tested positive. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the new cases are from a sample s...

coronavirus , rashid aman

Kenyans turn to their families in the village as coronavirus steals jobs

By Reuters,

In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her vil...

coronavirus , families , jobs , rural

President Kenyatta commends progress in South Sudan peace process despite COVID-19 disruption

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended parties to the South Sudan peace process for the progress achieved in recent months despite the health and econ...

peace process , south sudan

BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...

COVID-19 , food security

Locust kebab or cannibalism? How to rid East Africa of the destructive insects

By Reuters,

Eat them, poison them, and use scent to drive them to cannibalism - as a second wave of locusts threatens to devour East Africa’s crops, scientists ...

locust , locust kebab

COVID-19: US grants Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion to support health and economic recovery

By Kepha Muiruri,

The US government has granted Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion ($50 million) to support Kenya’s response and recovery efforts. The grant made through the US...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , USAID