Worst locust plague in decades hits Africa

By Elias Meseret and Cara Anna
Updated January 18 2020 - 12:08am, first published 12:03am
A dangerous increase in swarms of crop-destroying desert locusts has been reported in Kenya.
A dangerous increase in swarms of crop-destroying desert locusts has been reported in Kenya.

The most serious outbreak of desert locusts in 25 years is spreading across east Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food security in some of the world's most vulnerable countries.

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