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'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic
Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020
'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Locusts swarm from ground vegetation
The worst outbreak in decades has devastated crops across a region already enduring food insecurity, conflict, and climate impacts.
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Largely Driven by Climate Crisis, 9 Out of 10 Least-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Were in Africa
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Does a crisis really happen if it is not in the headlines? YES."
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Climate-Crisis Fueled Locust Swarms Pose 'Unprecedented Threat to Food Security and Livelihoods' in East Africa
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
locust swarm
The region's worst outbreak in decades has brought hundreds of millions of crop...
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