Mass Starvation in Zimbabwe

“The UN is redoubling efforts to secure emergency food aid for Zimbabwe where a key official… [said] the situation was ‘unprecedented.’ Sixteen million people are now facing hunger across southern Africa… Zimbabwe is facing its worst drought in 25 years. The exceptionally arid weather… has killed around 20,000 cattle over the last few months and left close to three million people facing hunger in the southern African country. Zimbabwe itself has launched an appeal for $1.6 billion (1.5 billion euros) so it can feed those severely affected… The drought has hit vast tracts of southern and eastern Africa, where about 50 million people now face food insecurity. The agriculture sector in Zimbabwe’s neighbor, South Africa, lost a billion dollars in 2015 because of the drought. South Africa, normally the region’s bread basket, will have to import at least four million tons of maize in 2016 rather than fulfilling its role as a food exporter” (Deutsche Welle, March 9, 2016).

South Africa and Zimbabwe are two nations formerly under British rule, where biblical teaching has permeated the nations. Today, both nations are increasingly rejecting biblical morality and their citizens are suffering as God prophesied (Leviticus 26:14-15, 20). The real solutions to famine and suffering will come with the return of Jesus Christ! For a glimpse into the blessings Christ will pour out at His return, read or listen to The World Ahead: What Will It Be Like?