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Locust and coronavirus crises are threatening to drive large-scale famine in Africa – ABC News
In East Africa, some of the poorest rural communities are struggling to save themselves from a threat far more visible than coronavirus, writes Matthew Cousins.
The arrival of locusts is an ominous and eerie sight. It’s like a cloud has moved across the sun. The sky starts to darken, you hear a “clackety-clack” sound, and millions of locusts fly overhead.
There are an incredible 80 million insects in a one kilometre swarm and some stretch for several kilometres.
They look rather innocuous on their own, just like a grasshopper. But in their millions these voracious eaters can consume as much food in one day as 35,000 people.
There are an incredible 8…
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