Kampala, Uganda — Uganda risks losing up to Shs 800bn (US$218.3 million) in export revenue if the desert locusts are not halted in the coming weeks, according to the agriculture ministry. East ...

OTUKE, UGANDA: Under a warm morning sun scores of weary soldiers stare as millions of yellow locusts rise into the northern Ugandan sky, despite hours spent spraying vegetation with chemicals in an ...

June 5 will be World Environment Day. In Uganda it will coincide with the National Environment Day and will be marked in Kumi district. Unlike in the past where the focus has been on wetlands, the ...

A desert locust in Amudat District last week. One tonne of desert locusts can eat an equivalent of food meant to feed 2,500 people within a space of 12 to 24 hours. Since a swarm of desert locusts ...

This photos shared on social media show a man trying to scare away the desert locusts in Amudat District on February 2020 Swarms of deadly desert locusts Sunday entered Uganda through Amudat District, ...

Kampala, Uganda – Farmers in Uganda are bracing for a fresh onslaught of desert locusts after two swarms entered the country from neighbouring Kenya last week, threatening to destroy crops and ...

Otuke, Uganda: Under a warm morning sun scores of weary soldiers stare as millions of yellow locusts rise into the northern Ugandan sky, despite hours spent spraying vegetation with chemicals in an ...