{"id":5587,"date":"2020-07-12T23:09:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T23:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2020-07-14T08:23:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T08:23:38","slug":"un-warns-of-fresh-locust-invasion-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2020\/07\/12\/un-warns-of-fresh-locust-invasion-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO warns of fresh locust invasion in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MOGADISHU —<\/strong> Countries in the Horn of Africa have been warned to remain on high alert following the increasing number of fresh desert locust invasions that continue to pose a huge threat to food security and livelihoods in the region.<\/p>\n

The United Nation\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes that most of the new swarms that have started migrating northwards from Kenya will pass through South Sudan to Sudan while other swarms move to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

The second-generation swarms are present in Eastern Ethiopia and some parts of Somalia while hopper bands have been reported in Eastern and Northern Ethiopia and Central and Northern Somalia where breeding continues.<\/p>\n

The forecast notes that some swarms may transit Northeast Uganda and that those that have concentrated in Northern Somalia could move east to the Indo-Pakistan summer breeding areas.<\/p>\n

There is a likelihood of the swarm migrating northwards from Kenya finding good breeding conditions once they arrive in Sudan, which could reduce the risk of further migration to West Asia. The threat is increasing in Southwest Asia.<\/p>\n

The UN agency has also warned that breeding will continue in the interior of Yemen and that it may start in areas of recent rains within the region and Saudi Arabia. Some of the swarms could migrate from Yemen to Northern Somalia and Northeast Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

\u201cSudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, and India should remain on high alert in the coming four weeks and West Africa should continue to take anticipatory measures and preparatory steps,\u201d the Fao report states.<\/p>\n

Desert locusts entered Kenya on December 28 through Mandera and had by March spread to 27 counties.<\/p>\n

The locusts\u2019 invasion has already been contained in 24 counties, with the focus now on Marsabit and Turkana counties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source:\u00a0 Dalsan Radio\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU — Countries in the Horn of Africa have been warned to remain on high alert following the increasing number of fresh desert locust invasions that continue to pose a huge threat to food security and livelihoods in the region. The United Nation\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes that most of the new swarms …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[481,482,484,483,363],"class_list":["post-5587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-food-security-cluster","category-news","tag-countries-in-the-horn-of-africa","tag-fresh-desert-locust-invasions","tag-northern-somalia-and-northeast-ethiopia","tag-the-united-nations-food-and-agriculture-organisation-fao","tag-un-in-somalia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t