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Locusts are back in east Africa

First broadcast: on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

East Africa faces further problems. As if the Coronavirus pandemic wasn't enough, yet another swarm of locusts has descended on the region. Millions of more people are now threatened with hunger. What plan does the Food and Agricultural Organisation have?
 
The World Bank predicts the pandemic will lead to the worst recession in decades. We speak to Tanzanian economist Dr Bravious Kahyoza
 
Tunisian Engineering students in the town of Sousse turn their skills to making Personal Protective equipment for doctors and nurses fighting COVID19.

(Photo: A farmer holds dead locusts in Pipli Pahar village in Pakistan's central Punjab province. Credit: ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images) Show less

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