Locusts threaten Southern Morocco, Northern Mauritania

Mauritania has expressed concern over the growing threat of migrant locusts in its northern areas. Mauritanian rural development and environment minister, Col. Mohamed Ould Sid Ahmed Lakhal, was quoted by the press as saying that swarms of 21 to 25,000 locusts were located in Northern Mauritania and southern Morocco.

He added that his government has taken all necessary measures to fight the plague that threatens cultures.