Millions in Greater Horn face hunger due to locusts

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Control operations prevented loss of an estimated 2.7 million tonnes of cereal valued at $800 million and enough to feed 18 million people a year. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Millions of people in the greater Horn of Africa and Yemen face hunger as a result of the desert locust invasion.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that a new generation of the swarms currently breeding threaten the immediate food security.