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By Daniel Itai.

Dodoma, Tanzania. (News of The South) –
David Beasley, the Executive Director for the United Nations World Food Programme has warned that if East African countries affected by the current swarms of locusts don’t take stringent measures now, they will face stiff repercussions.

The current swarms of locusts are the most serious outbreak in decades, affecting Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and most recently, Tanzania and Uganda.

“Well the longer the outbreak continues, the higher the risk of famine goes up, you need to knock them out before they start wreaking further havoc,” said Peter Smerdon, representative of the World Food Program in East Africa.
The latest locust swarms migrated from the Arabian peninsula, where cyclones in the deserts of Oman created ideal breeding conditions.

Locust swarms arrived on the African continent three months ago and have since grown in size and scope, the Food and Agricultural Organization has warned that the swarms could increase by 500 times come June, in light of rainy forecasts.

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