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Soldiers of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) spray trees where the locust swarms will land with insecticides, with the hopes of killing the locusts, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. - Locust swarms have slowly been arriving into northern Uganda from neighbouring Kenya, threatening the livelihoods of local farmers and cattle herders. Government forces have been mapping out the swarms and spraying them with insecticides, however the real worry will be if these swarms lay eggs that will eventually hatch and spread. (Photo by SUMY SADURNI / AFP) (Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images)

Soldiers of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) spray trees where the  locust swarms will land with insecticides, with the hopes of killing the locusts, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. - Locust swarms have slowly been arriving into northern Uganda from neighbouring Kenya, threatening the livelihoods of local farmers and cattle herders. Government forces have been mapping out the swarms and spraying them with insecticides, however the real worry will be if these swarms lay eggs that will eventually hatch and spread. (Photo by SUMY SADURNI / AFP) (Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images)