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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:05:20 GMT
Coastal City of Beira Braces for Another Hit
[allAfrica] Geneva -- The Mozambican city of Beira and the region around it are bracing for the impact of tropical storm Eloise, expected to make landfall soon.

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:37:01 GMT
Humanitarian 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 GMT
Madagascar 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 GMT
EIB 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 GMT
Food 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 GMT
Humanitarian 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 GMT
Cyclone 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 GMT
Churches 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.

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 04:54:10 GMT
Flash Update No.1: Chalane Weather System (As of 23 December 2020)
[OCHA] HIGHLIGHTS



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