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Madagascar: Food Crisis Looms in 'Breadbasket' of Madagascar
allAfrica, 13 January 2021
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… Read more »
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Madagascar: Humanitarian Crisis Looms in South As Drought, Pandemic Double Number of Hungry People
WFP, 2 January 2021
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… Read more »
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African Development Bank (AfDB), 17 December 2020
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of UA 30 million ($42.9) million to finance the second phase of a major power transmission and… Read more »
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Madagascar: Rising Hunger in Drought-Stricken South is Forcing Families to Eat Insects - WFP
UN News, 27 November 2020
Hunger is on the rise in southern Madagascar due to consecutive years of drought, affecting half the region's population, or 1.5 million people, and forcing most families to eat… Read more »
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African Development Bank (AfDB), 30 October 2020
On Wednesday 28 October the African Development Bank approved support for Madagascar's industrial and financial sectors with a loan of €14.52 million (12.08 million UA)… Read more »