World Jul 05 Crunch, crunch: Africa’s locust outbreak is far from over For months, a large part of East Africa has been caught in a cycle with no end in sight as millions of locusts became billions, nibbling away the leaves of both crops and the brush that sustains the livestock so… By Khaled Kazziha, Cara Anna, Associated Press
World Apr 14 Watch 3:25 The pandemic threatens the people of East Africa — and now locusts threaten their food As COVID-19 threatens the people of East Africa, locusts threaten their livestock and their food. The region suffered an initial swarm of the destructive insects in February but is now ravaged by a second wave 20 times larger. Pesticides can… By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran
World Apr 10 Watch 2:47 News Wrap: Oil producers agree to cut global supply In our news wrap Friday, members of OPEC, along with Russia and Mexico, agreed to cut global oil production by up to 10 million barrels a day, or a tenth of the world supply. It’s an effort to stabilize oil…