Rapports

JOHANNESBURG, 4 February (IRIN) - Four people have been killed and 13,000 left homeless after tropical cyclone "Elita" returned to Madagascar for the second time in a week. Elita, which left two people dead and 5,000 homeless after its first…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/0011 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Madagascar - Cyclone Elita 04 February 2004 This report is based on information provided by the office of the UN Resident Coordinator and the OCHA Regional Office for Southern Africa. Context 1. Madagascar is…

JOHANNESBURG, 29 Jan 2004 (IRIN) - One person has been killed and hundreds left without shelter after a tropical cyclone hammered the northwestern coastal town of Mahajanga in Madagascar on Wednesday evening. Aid workers on Thursday told IRIN the number of…

JOHANNESBURG, 26 January (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WF) in Madagascar called for additional donor assistance on Monday to purchase some 4,000 mt of maize to feed around 130,000 people because poor rains had jeopardised the 2003/04 agricultural season. "At…

JOHANNESBURG, 12 January (IRIN) - Although recent rains in Madagascar's drought-affected southern region provided some relief to farmers, food shortages remain serious, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. "The tropical depression brought some relief to some areas where the…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 October (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WFP) in Madagascar on Wednesday said it needed 2,000 mt of maize immediately to continue feeding some 270,000 beneficiaries across the 18 southern districts most affected by recent cyclones and…

Des catastrophes naturelles, des cas de malnutrition infantiles dans les familles démunies, un début de famine. Dans ce contexte difficile, Caritas Madagascar développe un programme d'aide alimentaire pour les populations les plus vulnérables. Le Secours Catholique/Caritas de France soutient cette…

On May 8, Cyclone Manou hit Vatomandry on the east coast of Madagascar with 112 mph winds. Manou battered the area for six hours before moving back out to sea and severely affected some 46,000 people who lost homes,…

JOHANNESBURG, 28 July (IRIN) - While the recent harvest provided some relief for communities in the south of Madagascar, food shortages remain acute, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. "Ironically, heavy rains caused by the recent series of cyclones…

MBABANE, 25 July (IRIN) - The unreliability of the weather forecast is an old joke. But in Southern Africa, where cyclones and droughts have wreaked havoc, the ability of national weather services to coordinate and properly analyse data collection…