Police in charge of agriculture protection in Alwahat district in southeast Libya has announced that the Albafat agricultural project between the desert towns of Jalu and Jikharra was overrun by large swarms of crop eating locusts on Thursday evening.

The Police has asked local authorities to intervene and prevent the spread of these swarms, which are now heading towards areas filled with date bearing palm trees in Jalu, Ajkharah and Awjla, and send a warning to all citizens and farmers.

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