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By Kieran Murray ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A tiny coffin of raw wood stands empty outside Madagascar's main hospital, waiting for the latest victim of a cholera epidemic that could run out of control after powerful cyclones swept through the island. Jean…
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SOUTHERN AFRICA - Heavy rains hampered critical emergency response efforts in parts of southern Africa last week. In Mozambique, approximately one million people have lost their homes, at least 180,000 of which are children under the age of five.…
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Etat-Major des Armées Paris, le 13 mars 2000 - La France va engager aujourd'hui pour venir en aide aux populations de Madagascar, un dispositif identique à celui qui vient de quitter Maputo. Le porte hélicoptères Jeanne d'Arc et la frégate…
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ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR--The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is responding to flooding that affected more than half a million people on the island of Madagascar. The massive flooding caused by torrential rains from Cyclone Eline and tropical storm Gloria, the same…
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The Disaster The disastrous consequences of cyclones Eline (mid-February) and Gloria (early March) in the central and northern districts of Madagascar have now been more precisely assessed by the government's National Relief Council. Approximately 205 persons have been killed, 84,000 very…
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New information is underlined. Regional Overview The South African Weather Bureau reports that the entire region is generally cloudy with isolated thunderstorms in Mozambique and Madagascar due to Tropical Depression Gloria. While thunderstorm activity is not as widespread as last week,…
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Johanneburg (dpa) - Relief efforts in the badly flooded Indian Ocean island of Madagascar are expected to intensify with the arrival of further United Nations food aid and additional rescue personnel Tuesday, officials from the agency's World Food Programme said…
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JOHANNESBURG, 12 March (IRIN) - The international humanitarian community in Mozambique and Madagascar took advantage of a lull in rainy weather at the weekend to ship as much food, medicine and other emergency relief to isolated populations in the…
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JOHANNESBURG, 10 March (IRIN) - As heavy rains in Madagascar and Mozambique hampered humanitarian air operations to varying degrees in both countries on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council that the need for "effective" humanitarian assistance…
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Press Release GA/SM/158 - AFR/216 - 20000310 The following statement was issued today by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly: Madagascar is the latest country to fall victim to the ravages of nature, this time from severe floods…
