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08/10/2004:

"Sudan may now face locust plague"

As if the people of Darfur, in western Sudan, didn't have enough to contend with, now there's the prospect of a plague of locusts.

Agricultural officials in West Africa say that if the current locust swarms worsen, up to one million people could face hunger.

The swarms, the worst in a decade-and-a-half, have already caused severe damage to crops in Mauritania, Mali, and Niger.

Full Article : abc.net.au