Kenya is in a race to track locusts to prevent a new plague from forming in East Africa and eating all the greenery they find in their wake.
Hundreds of billions of locusts swarmed parts of East Africa and Asia in February, wreaking havoc for livestock farmers. It is feared the tiny invaders could return towards the end of the year.
A helicopter team, backed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, searches for desert locusts in rural areas.
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