Ethiopia is Under Infestation Desert Locusts

Ethiopia is Under Infestation Desert Locusts Ethiopia has come under an infestation of desert locusts. Desert locusts have invaded the farmland in the city of Jigjiga, capital of the Somali province. Desert locusts have invaded farmland in the city of Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia's Somali province. Locusts, which can travel up to 150 kilometers every day and damage the crops in the area they pass, caused concern in the local community. 40-80 million locusts per square kilometer can consume enough food for 35 people in just one day. The United Nations (UN) warned that the herds of desert locusts, which have long disrupted the lives of working farmers in East African countries, could increase their effect again and reported that the situation in the Horn of Africa region, especially in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, was quite dangerous.