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Huge locust outbreak in East Africa reaches South Sudan

by Associated Press
| February 18, 2020 8:05 AM

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half the population already faces hunger after years of civil war, officials announced Tuesday.

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