LOCUSTS STEALING LIVES: SOMALILAND FARMERS, HERDERS FEAR LOOMING PLAGUE
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Kenyan farmers brace for second onslaught of crop-devouring locusts
Mahiga-Meru, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation 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. “They came here yesterday evening and sat on top of these trees as though to rest there for […]