Angola drought - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:50:08 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Angola drought - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 As Angola drought continues, Church calls for emergency declaration https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/10/17/angola-drought-church-emergency-declaration/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 06:53:00 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=122245 As a severe drought continues to devastate regions of Angola, the Catholic Church in the country is asking the government to declare a state of emergency, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa. On Monday, the Angolan government acknowledged a "severe water and grazing crisis" which has affected over 800,000 people in one southern province alone, Read more

As Angola drought continues, Church calls for emergency declaration... Read more]]> As a severe drought continues to devastate regions of Angola, the Catholic Church in the country is asking the government to declare a state of emergency, according to Portuguese news agency Lusa.

On Monday, the Angolan government acknowledged a "severe water and grazing crisis" which has affected over 800,000 people in one southern province alone, the Associated Press reports.

Rainfall has been erratic in the southern African nation in the last year, creating what is believed to be the worst drought in at least 20 years. Read more

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