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Running out of time: East Africa faces new locust threat
The locusts are swiftly breeding and their numbers could increase 400-fold by June if the infestation is left unchecked, the UN has warned
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Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
The invasion is worsening food shortages in a region where up to 25 million people are suffering from three consecutive years of droughts and floods
Locust swarms in East Africa: here's what you need to know
Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are being ravaged by the worst locust outbreak in decades
Smart drones to be tested in battle against E. Africa locust swarms
The impact on the region's food supply could be enormous - a locust swarm of a square kilometre is able to eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people
Locust swarms threaten more countries in eastern Africa - FAO
Swarms have destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of land, threatening food supplies in the worst locust invasion in 70 years
Climate change linked to African locust invasion
Hundreds of millions of the insects have swept over the Horn of Africa in the worst outbreak in a quarter of a century, says the United Nations
Serbians don masks and take to smog-filled streets to demand cleaner air
Belgrade and the capitals of Bosnia, Kosovo and North Macedonia, have been choked by dense smog for days, topping lists of the world's most polluted cities ahead of Delhi and Beijing