Anne O'Mahony: farmers in the eye of the swarm as locusts descend

Outbreaks the size of small cities are spreading across East Africa, with the flying insects devouring crops and depriving many millions of people of food, says Anne O’Mahony

Anne O'Mahony: farmers in the eye of the swarm as locusts descend

Outbreaks the size of small cities are spreading across East Africa, with the flying insects devouring crops and depriving many millions of people of food, says Anne O’Mahony

In East Africa, desert locust swarms the size of Cork are devouring crops, plants, and grass. A humanitarian crisis is looming.

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