And for years famine seemed to have departed Africa.
Just like the earlier famine, this incipient one is man-made.
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
The theory that the people of Herxheim turned to cannibalism at a time of famine makes little sense.
Looming food shortages and famine hitting Uganda's poorest in the north and east are also feeding the demand for sacrificial rituals.
For example, babies who were in the uterus during the 1944 “Dutch famine” of World War II did worse on mental tests than those of similar ages — even 60 years later.
Disease and famine?
That alas is the road to famine.
After the 1985 Ethiopian famine America's aid agency set up a famine Early warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) to give warning of disasters.
Worse, the village emerged in the midst of a disastrous famine brought on by rapid collectivization of farmland.
Existing famine early-warning systems that include household food security assessments and hunger surveys are now well-established and can assist in understanding the risks to vulnerable populations.
I heard snippets of my own narrative played back to me in a slightly distorted form-in these versions, the story might take place in the Congo, amid famine.
Thousands died of famine.
Generally speaking, mineral exploitation is a feast-or-famine industry.
Yet, sadly, some of the conditions that created that famine have not really changed.
Many of the new arrivals are still suffering from malnutrition and malnourishment after enduring often long and arduous journeys from famine-stricken Somalia.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say unto them, ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Organizing famine relief presents huge logistical problems.
The famine years in the past caused many people to break up their families and become homeless.
No less important, Smith analyzed the relation between a general economic decline-not specially of food output-and the development of a famine.
He's collecting (money) for famine relief.
A stark example is the Bengal famine of 1943, during the last days of the British rule in India.
Whether it is the potato famine, some Irish story, or some other historical event centered on potatoes, one thing you may not have heard of is that potatoes are toxic.
Regarding the "institutions which, in Niger, said there was a famine".
Then if convulsion, then famine.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
But with north Somalia recovering somewhat, while the south is Mired in famine, one conclusion is inescapable.
Adding to his troubles are famine conditions in the north and west, where his inability to bring a final end to the brutal Lords' Resistance Army detracts from any other achievements there.
The world might think it has moved on since the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85.
Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.
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