Nigeria: Country strains under locust invasion

Locusts have invaded farms in Nigeria, destroying crops as farmers prepare for harvest, officials have said. Diyos Auta, state agriculture commissioner for Taraba, in the centre of the country, said the locusts had destroyed 50 000ha of crops in the past week. "These pests migrated from neighbouring Cameroon and they move like clouds and so far they have destroyed 50 000ha of crops, which were ripe for harvest," he said.