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Farmers brace for return of the desert locusts

Residents of Mahiga-Meru village chase desert locusts using old aluminium cooking pots, iron sheets and twigs. [Dominic Kirui, Reuters]

After desert locusts invaded her farm in central Kenya, Mary Muthoni, 61, ran around her maize fields shouting and banging on an old iron sheet in a desperate attempt to drive them away.

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