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Politics & SocietyLast Take
Margot Patterson
Famine has already been declared in parts of South Sudan; Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia are on the brink of it.
During a previous spasm of unrest related to xenophobia, protesters are seen looting a shop at a gas station in 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa. (CNS photo/Herman Verwey, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Are Nigerian, Zimbabwean, Pakistani and other immigrants “stealing” jobs from South Africans?
Human skulls suspected to belong to victims of a recent fight between the Congolese army and Kamuina Nsapu militia are seen on March 12 on the roadside near Kananga, Congo. (CNS photo/Aaron Ross, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Catholic bishops in Congo have abandoned attempts to arrange a government-opposition power-sharing agreement, amid rising violence.
In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, a mother, left, takes hold of her son after he was weighed and found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition, at Al Sabbah Children's Hospital in Juba, South Sudan. (Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin/UNICEF via AP)
Politics & SocietyNews
Justin Lynch - Associated Press
The world's largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years has been declared in three African countries on the brink of famine.
A young family poses for a photo in Monrovia, Liberia, March 24, 2016 (CNS photo/Ahmed Jallanzo, EPA).
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Some of the tensions still troubling Liberian life have deep social and historical roots.
Boeing's Apache attack helicopter is one of America's leading exports. (iStock/MR1805)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The United States dominates an annual global weapons export market that has topped $100 billion.