World Food Programme Scales up Emergency Operations in Southern Madagascar: As a third consecutive year of drought deepens the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in the south of Madagascar, the World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its humanitarian operations in response to rising levels of hunger and malnutrition. The preliminary results of a … [Read more...] about World Food Programme Scales up Emergency Operations in Southern Madagascar
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WFP Executive Director Visits Drought-Hit Madagascar
WFP Executive Director Visits Drought-Hit Madagascar: The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, has arrived in Madagascar for a three-day visit, as the country comes to grips with the devastating impact of three years of drought. The Government of Madagascar recently expressed solidarity with other countries in the region … [Read more...] about WFP Executive Director Visits Drought-Hit Madagascar
Madagascar: We can avoid famine if we take preventive measures
Madagascar: We can avoid famine if we take preventive measures: In the past months a number of regions have been hit hard by the El Niño phenomenon, the effects of which are still posing a global threat to agricultural livelihoods. The most affected include the Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, Central America's Dry Corridor, Caribbean islands, … [Read more...] about Madagascar: We can avoid famine if we take preventive measures
