The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Wednesday disclosed it has detected new desert locust swarms in Ethiopia. In its latest situation update report, FAO said new immature desert locust swarms have been detected in southern areas of Ethiopia’s Rift Valley region. FAO further said the new desert locust swarms are a threat on top of immature desert locust swarms that are persisting in large parts of Ethiopia’s Oromia and Southern regional states. In January, the Ethiopian government announced it had dispatched airplanes and helicopters in its fight against desert locust invasion. The aircraft are being used to assess the extent of desert locust invasion as well as to spray chemicals on desert locust affected areas.

Source: Ethiopian News February 25, 2021 06:22 UTC