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The
of farmers and other food growers in East Africa is under
from locusts. Authorities say
of millions of locusts are ravaging large swathes of farmland and
. Millions of people are at
after the insects destroyed
in Eritrea, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. The swarms of locusts are spreading and could affect the agriculture, bushland and
of neighbouring countries. The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) report that some swarms have been sighted as far
as Yemen and Oman in the Gulf. It is the
locust invasion in 70 years and some say it is reaching Biblical
.
