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Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:37:01 GMTHumanitarian Crisis Looms Amid Drought and Pandemic
[UN News] In southern Madagascar, "famine-like conditions" have doubled the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance compared with last year, to more than 1.3 million. Successive droughts and a lack of jobs linked to COVID-19 restrictions ...
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:38:45 GMTMadagascar to Host 2023 Indian Ocean Games After Maldives Withdraws
[Seychelles News Agency] Madagascar will host the 11th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands Games in 2023 after the withdrawal of Maldives, said the president of International Games Council, Seychellois Antonio Gopal.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:26:04 GMTEIB Accelerating Climate Disaster Recovery, Priority Clean Energy and Transport Investment
[PR Newswire] Luxembourg -- Further EUR 16.4 million disbursed in October to repair transport in Antananarivo
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:09:56 GMTFood Crisis Looms in 'Breadbasket' of Madagascar
[allAfrica] Geneva -- Five years of drought have bludgeoned a "breadbasket" region of Madagascar and, along with the coronavirus, have disrupted local labour patterns in the south, resulting in a looming food crisis.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:12:29 GMTHumanitarian Crisis Looms in South As Drought, Pandemic Double Number of Hungry People
[WFP] Antananarivo -- Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. With severe malnutrition rates...
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 17:15:17 GMTCyclone Over Madagascar, Heading Towards Beira
[AIM] Maputo -- Tropical cyclone Chalane hit the east coast of Madagascar on Saturday, and is now forecast to follow a course that will take it across the Mozambique Channel in the direction of Beira.
Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:53:58 GMTChurches Offer Evacuation Centres As Cyclone Chalane Response
[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) is putting in place a number of response mechanisms to the anticipated Cyclone Chalane expected to hit the eastern parts of the country in a few days' time.
Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:51:27 GMTTropical Storm Chalane Predicted for Madagascar, Mozambique Channel
[263Chat] Weather experts continue to issue warnings of a tropical storm that is building up in the Indian Ocean and could make landfall in Madagascar at the weekend and proceed towards the Mozambique Channel early next week.
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 04:54:10 GMTFlash Update No.1: Chalane Weather System (As of 23 December 2020)
[OCHA] HIGHLIGHTS