East Africa’s locust plague spreading
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The UN is warning of an impending food crisis if swarms of locusts ravaging crops and pasture are not brought under control
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Infested area 
Cropland 
Grassland

SUDAN
SOUTH SUDAN
UGANDA
YEMEN 
DJIBOUTI
TANZANIA
ERITREA
SOMALIA
ETHIOPIA 
KENYA
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FAO needs $76m for spray treatment

80 60 40 20 0
Nov Dec Jan  

BATTLING SWARMS
Area treated in affected countries (Hectares, 000s)

Somalia 
Kenya 
Sudan 
Ethiopia 
Eritrea

400km 250 miles

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Picture: Getty Images
Sources: FAO Locust, CCI Global Land Cover © GRAPHIC NEWS