Kenya Beats Back Fresh Wave of Desert Locust Invasions
- Government sets up control bases to coordinate operations
- Horn of Africa experienced worst plague in 70 years in 2020
A man chases away a swarm of desert locusts early in the morning, in Samburu County, Kenya.
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Kenya has cleared most of the second wave of desert locust swarms that entered the country from neighboring Ethiopia and Somalia in mid-November affecting almost a third of the 47 counties in East Africa’s biggest economy.