Kenya battles locust invasion 

In 2019, a locust swarm of biblical proportions wreaked havoc on crops across East Africa and the Horn. Now a second swarm has returned. Kenya is trying to beat them away before they do real damage to the country’s biggest industry: agriculture. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from Kitui, Kenya.

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