Economics
Vast Locust Swarm Casts Shadow Over East African Food Security
- FAO has warned number of insects may grow 500 times by June
- Kenya intensifying aerial spraying to halt spread of insects
Locusts swarm from ground vegetation in Samburu county, Kenya, on Jan. 22.
Photographer: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
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The worst desert-locust plague in Kenya in 70 years is threatening to spread further into East Africa, jeopardizing food security.