Tag:Madagascar

Disaster Risk Management

Humanitarian financing arrives two days before Tropical Cyclone Freddy hits Madagascar

Tropical Cyclone (TC) Freddy made landfall on Tuesday evening, February 21, 2023, in the coastal town of Mananjary in Madagascar. The track of the...

Michael Simire - March 1, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Mauritius halts flights, shuts stock exchange as cyclone Freddy approaches

Mauritius on Monday, February 20, 2023, grounded flights and shut its stock exchange as Tropical Cyclone Freddy approached, posing a “direct threat” to the...

Michael Simire - February 20, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Madagascar braces for 4th cyclone as UN outlines plans to assist

The island nation of Madagascar is shoring up for its fourth tropical cyclone in a month, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday, February 22,...

Michael Simire - February 22, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Cyclone Batsirai: Death toll in Madagascar jumps to 111

State disaster relief agency on Friday, February 11, 2022, said the death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar had jumped to 111 from 92...

Michael Simire - February 11, 2022

Climate Change

Tropical Storm Ana highlights climate injustice facing vulnerable African communities – 350Africa

A tropical storm which formed in the east coast of Madagascar, Ana, is wreaking havoc in the island and surrounding Mozambique and Malawi, resulting in loss...

Michael Simire - January 26, 2022

Human Welfare

UN World Food Programme sounds alarm amid Madagascar hunger crisis

The head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 warned of the starvation in Madagascar as he exhorted the...

Michael Simire - June 23, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

UN food agency signals alarm as drought threatens Madagascar

More than 1 million people are facing malnourishment in southern Madagascar as the country suffers its worst drought in 40 years, according to the...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2021

Health

Madagascar, Plateau record first COVID-19 death

Madagascar has registered its first coronavirus death, albeit from a 57-year-old medical worker who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, the national COVID-19...

Michael Simire - May 18, 2020

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