Locust outbreaks are not new in southern Africa. The brown locust is endemic to Namibia and the Karoo. But over the past 50 years, despite modern insecticides, locust outbreaks have intensified.

Huge swarms of locusts descend on farmlands in southern Russia, devouring entire fields of crops and causing officials to declare a state of emergency.

Biblical locust swarms are laying waste to southern Africa's crops. But lessons learnt from a similar plague in East Africa show that regional cooperation and early detection are key to avoiding ...

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Southern Africa fights against locust invasion as millions pushed to the brink Authorities in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe are scrambling to control titanic swarms of migratory locusts ...

Analysis - Seven million people in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been affected by a migratory locust outbreak currently ravaging crops and pastures across southern Africa. Professor ...

The school was named the Locust Hill Academy. "When Roots built a frame home, he added an L-shaped addition for students," said Jean Ibendahl, former owner of the house along with her husband, Calvin.

Plagues of Locusts Darken Skies, Threaten Crops in Southern Russia A video shot by a local man in Achikulak, a village in the Stavropol region, shows thousands of the bugs swarming towards a ...

Only slight damage was caused in Southern Israel by the locust invasion yesterday, it was reported here today. The locusts were driven off Israel territory last evening by strong westerly winds ...

Chemicals are not very effective, but homeowners might cover smaller trees with cheesecloth, netting or tobacco shade, he said. Crutchfield said the locust won’t harm vegetable plants and flowers.

Two other locust species — the red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata) and the brown locust (Locustana pardalina) — are known to have swarmed and caused agricultural damage in Southern Africa.