The HEWSWEB site reports: "A small immature swarm was seen in West Darfur, Sudan in early November but since then there have been no further reports. There is a risk that a few more small swarms could form and move towards the winter breeding areas along both sides of the Red Sea where, so far, only scattered adults are present on the Sudanese coast. Intensive surveys are underway along the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia to clarify reports of a swarm last month and recent sightings of locusts near Taif. In West Africa, the situation remains calm. Small-scale breeding by scattered adults continues in western Mauritania and parts of southeast Algeria. Although ecological conditions are improving in northern Mauritania, so far only isolated adults have been seen near Bir Moghrein. A biopesticide trial was conducted against scattered adults near Arlit, Niger. Ground control operations continue against hopper bands along the Indo-Pakistan border."