Returning locusts in East Africa threaten food security, church leaders warn
In 2020, huge swarms of Biblical proportions struck the region, destroying food crops and animal pastures, and pushed hunger and economic hardship to new levels. And as though that is not enough, the United Nations warned in January, 2021, that a new invasion has started spreading in East Africa. “We are concerned about their impact […]
South Sudan cleric highlights biting hunger in a “triple pandemic” as African churches confront food insecurity
South Sudan church leaders are among African clerics who are highlighting a painful “hunger pandemic” in their countries, as experts warn of aggravated food insecurity in regions due to coronavirus. Fr James Oyet Latansio, general secretary of the South Sudan Council of Churches, said the disease had devastated families, creating a “triple pandemic” including COVID-19, […]
As COVID-19 leaves millions on brink of starvation, African church leader says hunger is beatable
As the UN warns that the coronavirus pandemic is pushing millions to the brink if starvation in a “widespread famine of Biblical proportions”, a senior Christian leader in Africa has emphasised that it is possible to beat hunger, a yoke that enslaves many in the continent. Rev Nicta Lubaale, the general secretary of the Organization […]