Locust Plague Strikes Western Sahara

Desert locust swarms have launched a massive assault on the Western Sahara Desert Highway, blanketing the sky, covering road surfaces, and colliding with vehicles. Visibility has dropped to near zero, forcing traffic to crawl at a snail’s pace. These vast desert locust swarms are spreading northward along the West African coast toward North Africa and the Sahel region. A single square kilometer of locusts consumes food equivalent to the daily rations of 35,000 people, with crops in some areas facing the risk of total crop failure.