While the global community focuses on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa is facing the dual challenge. Nowadays, a dreadful locust invasion is hanging over the Dark Continent. The toughest disaster in almost 70 years threatens to jeopardize the whole African economy. East Africa has been the most exposed to the disaster so far. Desert locusts have been devastating large areas of crops and pasture, so that some east African countries are on the verge of a food crisis. Economists align the disaster to the plague in terms of the economic aftermath and reckon that the locust invasion has already inflicted damage of $8.5 billion. Unfortunately, this is just the beginning. Since January, a few swarms have crippled huge arable land in 23 countries. Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan have been the worst hit among them. Scientists warn that a joint humongous swarm is heading for the Middle East and South Asia. Besides, they advise China to be braced for the locust invasion. The global community is alarmed by the disaster and its fallout. The World Bank has allocated $500 million for the struggle with its grave consequences. Meanwhile, China’s Ministry of Agriculture has been monitoring the routes of locust moves and devising emergency measures to mitigate the damage.