Famine in Niger and Chad, West Africa · January 20, 2011
“Starving people in drought-stricken West Africa are being forced to eat leaves and collect grain from ant hills, say aid agencies,” wrote the UK Guardian, “warning that 10 million people face starvation across the region.”
Niger and Chad are experiencing desperate conditions and famine is everywhere. Soaring food prices have made food for millions unaffordable. Even the livestock are dying. “People are eating wild fruit and leaves, and building ant hills just to capture the tiny amount of grain that the ants collect inside,” said Charles Bambara, an aid worker.
Niger is considered to be the world’s least developed country. Starving families there are eating flour mixed with wild leaves and boiled plants. 200,000 malnourished children need treatment. Seven million people face famine.
While there is food in the street markets, the people cannot buy it because of its price. Some are even slaughtering their livestock, which is often their only source of income. Thousands of animals have also died from starvation.
Failed harvests due to drought are a large part of the problem and have brought untold suffering.
Jesus prophesied that there would be famines as we near the end of time. Niger and Chad are certainly fulfilling this prophecy.
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