Swarms form in Sudan and Mali
The Desert Locust situation remains serious. New reports indicate that second-generation adults are forming groups and small swarms in northeast Mali. In Niger and Mauritania, ground control operations continue against groups of hoppers and adults. Hopper bands are forming near Tahoua, Niger and on the coast in Mauritania, south of Nouakchott. Control operations were also carried out in southern Algeria against groups of adults near the Niger border. More groups and small swarms are expected to form in Mali and Niger and move to Algeria, Libya, northwest Mauritania and perhaps Morocco in the coming weeks.
In Sudan, ground and aerial control operations are in progress against swarms that have formed in the Baiyuda Desert north of Khartoum. Adults are moving towards the winter breeding areas along the Red Sea coast of Sudan.
