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Inside militarised air, ground combat against desert locusts ravaging farms

Desert Locust Rob Tailor al Lewa with his specialised aircraft from Cosmos Aviation South African firm who have been contrated by to fight the locust in Kenya. [Maxwell Agwanda/ Standard] 

In the final act of defiance, the voracious enemy spears the ground, raises the compound eyes unto the skies from whence his death rains, to plant the next generation of ‘terrorists’.

Then he dismembers his posterior, buries it in the dump, wet sand which is hot. Now like millions of his compatriots, the enemy is ready to die in dignity.

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