Wau, 16 January, 2021 / 3:03 pm (ACI Africa).
A Catholic Cleric has underscored the need for collective efforts and action in addressing famine in South Sudan and proposed farming on a large scale.
“It is a collective responsibility of all South Sudanese to fight famine by cultivation,” the Parish Priest of Mother of Mercy Deim Zubeir Parish of South Sudan’s Wau Diocese, Fr. Marko Mangu said Thursday, January 14.
Addressing himself to hundreds of local farmers, Fr. Marko advocated for hard work and encouraged large-scale production saying this would help reduce food crisis in the nine-year-old nation.
Last month, the leadership of the overseas development agency of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, Trocaire listed South Sudan among four nations with a looming hunger pandemic due to the combined effects of drought and COVID-19 restrictions.
In the December 4 Trocaire report, five regions in South Sudan “were at risk of falling into famine early in 2021.”
