Tag:Madagascar

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

Sustainable Devpt

Madagascar biodiversity offset a landgrab in disguise, says report

On the occasion of the Rio Tinto AGM on Thursday, 14 April 2016 in London, Re:Common and the World Rainforest Movement released a report...

admin - April 14, 2016

Climate Change

Madagascar, Benin, Angola to get $17.8m AfDB climate change support

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola, which are accessing $17.8 million of...

Michael Simire - May 20, 2013