Huge Swarms of Desert Locusts Are Causing a Crisis in East Africa

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Desert locusts are eating their way through east Africa and leaving a huge food security crisis in their wake. Desert locusts are migratory pests. One swarm one square kilometer in size could eat as much food in a day as 35,000 people. And in many places in East Africa, the swarms t…