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.

10/29/2020 October 29, 2020. 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 ...

Swarms of locusts plague farmers in southern Russia. Local officials say locusts have destroyed at least 10% of region's crops. Russian news broadcasts are linking the plague to climate change ...

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 ...

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.

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 church.

CHARLESTON — It’s taken 17 years, but they’re back!