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South Africa locusts: Farmers battling worst plague in decades

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Three South African provinces are battling the worst locust plague they've seen in 25 years. More than twenty thousand hectares of agricultural land has been devoured by brown locusts in the Eastern Cape alone. The outbreak follows seven years of the worst drought recorded in the country's history. FRANCE 24's team report.

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