Swarms of locusts have destroyed large areas of farmland and are threatening food security in East Africa. Kenya is reporting its worst locust outbreak in 70 years. Billions of the insects have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of plant life across the country. Record locust outbreaks have also been reported in Ethiopia and Somalia. The insects have also attacked parts of Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, is calling it East Africa’s worst desert locust invasion in 25 years. In Somalia, the government declared a national emergency because of locusts. It said the outbreak was presenting a “major threat” to the already weakened food security situation.
Title: Huge Swarms of Locusts Invade Kenya, Somalia
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3908/loc.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Huge Swarms of Locusts Invade Kenya, Somalia' data-article-id='4449'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10875'>Swarms of locusts have destroyed large areas of farmland and are threatening food security in East Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='10875' data-end-time='18854'>Kenya is reporting its worst locust outbreak in 70 years.</span> <span data-start-time='18854' data-end-time='29479'>Billions of the insects have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of plant life across the country.</span> <span data-start-time='29479' data-end-time='38646'>Record locust outbreaks have also been reported in Ethiopia and Somalia.</span> <span data-start-time='38646' data-end-time='47333'>The insects have also attacked parts of Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea.</span> <span data-start-time='47333' data-end-time='62229'>The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, is calling it East Africa’s worst desert locust invasion in 25 years.</span> <span data-start-time='62229' data-end-time='70271'>In Somalia, the government declared a national emergency because of locusts.</span> <span data-start-time='70271' data-end-time='79833'>It said the outbreak was presenting a “major threat” to the already weakened food security situation.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' 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