U.N. agencies warn of a 'major hunger threat' in East Africa after a small group of desert locusts entered Congo, marking the first time the insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944.
Experts have warned that the outbreak is affecting millions of already vulnerable people across the region.
"This funding will ensure that activities to control the locusts can take place before new swarms emerge," the U.N. officials said, noting that to date only $33 million has been received or committed. A changing climate has contributed to this outbreak as a warming Indian Ocean means more powerful tropical cyclones hitting the region. A cyclone late last year in Somalia brought heavy rains that fed fresh vegetation to fuel the locusts that were carried in by the wind from the Arabian Peninsula.
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