Ethiopian agriculture officials say they are taking steps to control a major locust infestation that could threaten some of the country's staple crops.
Swarms of the schistocerca gregaria - better known as the desert locust - arrived in Ethiopia in June from Yemen and Somaliland, said Zebidos Salato, Ethiopia's plant protection chief.
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