Emergency Meditation Update
Here is an update on the following topics for Emergency Meditation: Drought in southern Africa and new armyworm invasion in Malawi and surrounding areas Over the past years, 45 million people in southern Africa are facing severe food shortages due to drought, flooding and economic decay. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/africa/Drought-and-hunger-stalk-southern-Africa/4552902-5431538-esltgn/index.html Countries affected include Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with Zimbabwe being the hardest hit by drought. The region could have a long period of drought, then a heavy rainfall that destroys all the remaining good crops as well as damages to buildings and people. Meanwhile, Malawi is also suffering from a new wave of locusts/armyworm caterpillars’ invasion, after the previous one in 2017. https://www.fin24.com/Economy/World/malawi-hit-by-crop-munching-armyworms-20200123 This new invasion has hit as many as 467,000 farmers in all 28 farmi