East Africa

In the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, residents are provided with soap and water to wash their hands in order to help halt the spread of the coronavirus.

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic

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Desert Locust Swarms

Relentless locusts return in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

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East Africa hit by a second wave of locusts leaving millions of people food insecure

Desert Locust swarms in Kenya.

FAO makes gains in the fight against Desert Locusts in East Africa and Yemen but threat of a food security crisis remains

Africa Desert Locusts

A swarm of Desert Locusts in Samburu County, Kenya

UN fast tracks $10 million loan to help scale up FAO action to fight Desert Locusts

A swarm of desert locusts fill the sky near a farm.

More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’

Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

Au Kenya, un éleveur avec ses bœufs qui ont survécu à la sécheresse. Les deux tiers de son cheptel ont été décimés. Photo: FAO/Tony Karumba

FAO issues alert over third consecutive failed rainy season, worsening hunger in East Africa

Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise