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Famine, conflicts loom as desert locusts ravage Northeastern

Residents stare at swarms of desert locusts in Mugur village, Samburu County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Threat to food security, livelihoods, tensions and even violent conflicts and displacement looms large among pastoralist communities in Northeastern Kenya due to the effects of desert locusts.

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