Latest News on the Famine: 16th December 2016
People have been reduced to eating toxic locusts as a result of the food shortages affecting Madagascar, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The Anglican mission agency USPG, which is supporting local Anglican churches to respond to the crisis, say that the extensive hunger has been caused by a combination of drought and erratic rains across the region. Read more
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Locusts are collected for sale in the village of Betioky, southern Madagascar.