Source: International Christian Concern, November 25, 2024
According to U.N. research, roughly 2 million people in Myanmar are at risk of starvation in the coming months. A raging conflict between the military junta ruling the country and ethnoreligious resistance forces continues to wreak havoc across the country.
According to media sources, trade restrictions and international sanctions have exacerbated the disruption created by the conflict, already reducing some to eating rice bran—an agricultural byproduct usually used as animal feed. Some families interviewed by the U.N. have cut their food consumption to one meal a day or less.
The U.N. report comes weeks after Myanmar’s military junta strengthened relations with China, a longtime supporter of the junta along with Russia.
The full story also explains how tensions between ethnic and religious communities has created a a volatile situation for non-Buddhists across the country.
In the midst of the darkness in Myanmar, a video from Asia Harvest reports that more than 700 home fellowships and 300 additional cell groups have begun among marginalized groups in the country. Praise God.