Ukraine crisis fueling starvation in South Sudan, says Catholic charity
More than 8 million people in South Sudan are experiencing severe food insecurity, the worst figure on record since independence.
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by bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Hunger, lead, News, South Sudan, Ukraine Crisis, World Food Program | 0 |
More than 8 million people in South Sudan are experiencing severe food insecurity, the worst figure on record since independence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 20, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Africa, Ethiopia, News, tigray, UNICEF, World Food Program | 0 |
For months, the United Nations has warned of famine in Tigray, an embattled corner of northern Ethiopia, calling it the world’s worst hunger crisis in a decade.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Caritas, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, famine, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), German bishops, lead, Madagascar, News, World Food Program, World hunger | 0 |
Madagascar is facing a “frightening” humanitarian crisis, according to the head of the German bishops’ international office.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Agriculture, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), News, Pope Francis, United Nations, Vatican, World Food Program | 0 |
Restarting local economies with a focus on providing adequate food for all the world’s people means governments must involve and listen to small farmers and farming families, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 16, 2021 | Burkina Faso, famine, News, Nigeria, South Sudan, U.S. & World News, World Food Program, Yemen | 0 |
Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, COVID-19 pandemic, famine, News, Pope Francis, United Nations, Vatican, World Food Program, World hunger | 0 |
Pope Francis met with David M. Beasley, the executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Africa, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, Climate change, Interviews, lead, News, World Food Program | 0 |
Catholic Relief Services, the overseas development arm of the U.S. bishops, says that erosion, soil fertility depletion, and competition between herders and farmers are hurting agriculture on the continent.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 9, 2020 | Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, World Food Program | 0 |
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
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