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‘Here we are beggars’: Afghan refugees languish in Madagascar

A small group of Afghan refugees say they are trapped on African island nation without health care, education or work.

Al Jazeera

The perilous road to recovery in Madagascar’s cyclone-hit east

Al Jazeera travelled along Madagascar’s ravaged coast, where residents feel left behind weeks after deadly storms.

Al Jazeera

Primatologist Alison Richard: ‘Madagascar is a floating evolutionary laboratory’

The Yale professor talks about her lifelong conservation work in Madagascar, the extinction of its megafauna – and her ‘wimp hypothesis’ of natural selection

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A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought

Madagascar has always known extreme weather events, but scientists say these are likely to increase in frequency and severity as the climate crisis pushes temperatures higher

The Independent UK

Groundwater: Making the invisible visible

Climate change is causing global temperatures to rise, putting our most visible sources of water at risk. From Spain to parts of the African continent, droughts are being experienced at unprecedented levels. Madagascar last year faced a food crisis that left 1.3 million people facing severe hunger following the worst…

Bangkok Post

Planet Earth II Live in Concert review: Magical transportation from Leeds First Direct to Madagascar

The astounding insight into our planet gives hope for the future and takes concert-goers on an immersive journey

Leeds Live

Madagascar left reeling from two major cyclones

The island of Madagascar, just off the east coast of Africa, has been hit by five natural disasters in less than two months, including two major cyclones. More than 200 people have died and 460,000 have been left without shelter. The eastern city of Mananjary has been practically wiped off…

France 24

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A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought

With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand is blowing everywhere: onto fields, villages and roads, and into the eyes of children waiting for food aid parcels.

Reuters

'Green Triangle' named after Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated in Madagascar’s capital as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar said Gandhi was the “greatest Pravasi” who returned to India from South Africa, led India’s freedom struggle and changed the lives of Indians.

The Hindu

Madagascan women step up from packed lunches to food processing

Starting out with the modest aim of making packed lunches for pupils at a school in this town in southern Madagascar, a local women's group has morphed into a commercial enterprise and a new tool in the struggle against food insecurity.

Reuters

‘Infants here don’t know how to eat’: millions facing famine in Madagascar

As sandstorms ruin crops and drought worsens food shortages, mothers are walking miles to feed their children at clinics

The Guardian - UK

Cyclone Emnati hits Madagascar; island's 4th major storm in a month

Winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour (84 mph) battered Madagascar early on Wednesday as Cyclone Emnati made landfall, becoming the fourth major storm to hit the Indian Ocean island in a month.

Reuters

Roofs ripped off houses as another cyclone hits Madagascar

Cyclone Emnati has crashed into the southeastern coast of Madagascar and ripped roofs off houses and raised fears of flooding and food shortages

The Independent UK

Malian PM speaks to FRANCE 24, RFI after France withdraws troops

In tonight's edition: In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and its sister station Radio France Internationale (RFI), Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga says that since 2012, French authorities have tried to divide his country by fueling autonomy claims in the north. And African countries weigh in on Russia's decision…

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Cyclone-hit Madagascar braces for another 'big one'

The island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa is bracing for yet another cyclone having already been hit by three major tropical storms in the last month

Reuters

Madagascar braces for next cyclone as at least 14 killed by storm

At least 14 people were killed in Madagascar this week by tropical storm Dumako, the state disaster relief agency said, as the island braces for another cyclone due to hit on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Canadian students raise money for Madagascar hunger relief

High school students in Ontario were inspired by Al Jazeera’s Start Here episode on hunger in Madagascar, teacher says.

The Conversation

Une brève histoire des nations africaines aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver

Un nombre record de huit pays africains ont participé aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2018 à PyeongChang, en Corée du Sud. Aux jeux d'hiver de Pékin de 2022, actuellement en cours, l'Afrique est représentée par six athlètes issus de cinq pays : l'Érythrée, le Ghana, Madagascar, le Maroc et le…

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Scientists Turn Cockroaches into Superbugs to Help Rescuers in Disaster Sites

Cockroaches are known to infiltrate homes through the tiniest of gaps, and this innate ability now has engineers in Singapore working to turn the pesky insect into an ally of rescuers at disaster sites. One variety of the insect, in particular, has the team at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) excited…

The Independent UK

Madagascar, southern Africa brace for more tropical storms

Even as southern African nations assess the devastation caused earlier this month by Cyclone Batsirai, a new tropical storm is approaching as the Indian Ocean region is confronted by an intense cyclone season

Reuters

Cyclone Batsirai's rains bring temporary relief to Madagascan water seller

Standing at the side of a highway in the south of Madagascar, 25-year-old water seller Masy is grateful for the heavy rains that fell last week when Cyclone Batsirai hit.

Reuters

Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar rises to 120 - state agency

The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar jumped to 120 on Friday from 92 reported earlier this week, the state disaster relief agency said.

France 24

UN court orders Uganda to pay $325 million in war damages

In tonight's edition: The International Court of Justice orders Uganda to pay millions in reparations to Uganda over its role in the conflict in the eastern Congolese province of Ituri in the late 1990s. Also, relief workers struggle to help those caught up in the aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai in…

The Independent UK

Madagascar's death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 92

Officials on Madagascar say the toll of Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 92 deaths and more than 112,000 people displaced by the tropical storm which rampaged across the island earlier this week

Reuters

Madagascar death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 92 -state agency

The death toll in Madagascar from Cyclone Batsirai rose to 92, the state disaster relief agency said on Wednesday, as information continued to filter in from areas of the country that were badly affected.

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