UN Warns of ‘Famines of Biblical Proportions’

(Source thetrumpet.com)

The head of the United Nations World Food Program warned in statements published November 14 that the world could face “famines of biblical proportions in 2021.” In an interview with the Associated Press, David Beasley said, “It’s getting worse out there” and the World Food Program’s “hardest work is yet to come.” Last April, Beasley warned the UN Security Council that as the world faced covid-19, it was also “on the brink of a hunger pandemic” that could quickly lead to “multiple famines.” Beasley said the crisis was mostly averted this year “because the world leaders responded with money, stimulus packages, deferral of debt.” But with covid-19 surging again, economies are continuing to falter—especially in low- and middle-income nations—and ongoing lockdowns are expected to prologue the stifling of markets. Beasley said the funds that were available this year to prevent famine will not be available in 2021. He added: “[T]his tragedy that we are facing—crises that really are going to be extraordinary over the next, who knows, 12 to 18 months.”