Control operations are in progress. There are reports of swarms in Wadi Hadramaut in southern Yemen. Small scale control was carried out in western Pakistan as a result of earlier breeding. May. Control operations resume on Red Sea plains Control operations continue against hopper bands on the Red Sea coastal plains near the borders of Saudi Arabia and Yemen . Yesterday a swarm was in seen the area, suggesting that a few more swarms may form from any hoppers that escape control.
Smaller infestations are present in southern Yemen and northern Somalia .
Control operations wind down on Red Sea plains Control operations have finished or are nearly completed on the Red Sea coastal plains of Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Eritrea and Yemen . Aerial operations were carried out against several swarms in northern Somalia where the situation is being closely monitored. A few swarms were reported forming on the plains near the Saudi-Yemen border. Hopper bands and several swarms persist in northern Somalia . A few swarms were reported on the southern coastal plains of Eritrea and in the railway area of eastern Ethiopia .