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  • In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.

Tag: Locusts

February 10, 2020

‘Where it Begins’: Young Hungry Locusts...

Small and wingless, the hopping young locusts are the next wave in the outbreak that threatens more than 10 million people across the region with a severe hunger crisis

February 3, 2020

Kenyan Farmers Hit by Worst Locust...

East Africa is experiencing the worst desert locust invasion in 25 years, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, and the worst in Kenya for 70 years. Desert locusts have ravaged at least 11 of Kenya’s 47 counties, leaving a trail of destruction on farmland. Experts say if the locust invasion is not checked, it could pose a serious threat to food security and livelihoods in the region

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