In February 2026, desert locusts were mainly distributed in the central-southwestern regions of Morocco, localized western and southern areas of Algeria, and the upper Nile Valley corridor and southern inland areas of Egypt, affecting 61.9, 20.4, and 18.4 thousand hectares of vegetation, respectively. Over the next two months, desert locust activity across the region is expected to remain active as spring rainfall gradually increases. Populations are also expected to increasingly concentrate within the spring breeding belts. In Morocco, the central-southwestern region is expected to remain the core area of activity, and localized adults may continue to migrate northeastward, resulting in a sustained influx into Algeria. In Algeria, activity may increase in the western and northwestern regions under the combined influence of external population input and improving spring vegetation conditions, while small-scale breeding may occur locally and small numbers of residual adults may persist in the southern irrigated agricultural areas. In Egypt, activity is expected to remain concentrated in the Nile Valley and southern inland irrigated areas, where small numbers of scattered adults may persist locally and small-scale breeding may occur under suitable conditions, although the overall distribution is expected to remain low-density and dispersed. Given that this period aligns with the main growing season in Morocco and Algeria, and the late growing to early harvest stage in Egypt, continued monitoring is recommended to prevent recurrent impacts on agropastoral production.