Linked to extreme El Nino weather conditions, the drought has hit countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

But bishops worry ongoing political strife and ethnic incitement could blight the visit.

While calling for global carbon emissions cuts, Kenya’s National Council of Churches has launched a multifaith campaign to lobby governments, industries and multilateral agencies to agree on a binding treaty at the U.N. climate change talks in Paris later this year.

Drying livestock carcasses and anguished faces of hungry women and children have become a common feature here as droughts increase due to climate change.But now, in an effort to fight hunger, the Roman Catholic Church is making 3,000 acres of church-owned land available for commercial farming.&ldquo

Despite cease-fire, abducted girls have not been released.