Rapports

JOHANNESBURG, 14 July (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WFP) in Madagascar on Monday said that despite interventions, drought victims in the south of the country continue to live under "extremely harsh conditions". WFP said current seasonal crops had been insufficient. "While…

ANTANANARIVO - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has extended its emergency appeal for food aid in Madagascar until the end of 2003 because of the country's prevailing drought and recent cyclones that destroyed large tracts of infrastructure and…

JOHANNESBURG, 10 June (IRIN) - The distribution of relief food to drought victims in the south of Madagascar was temporarily suspended last month due to underfunding and delivery problems, the latest World Food Programme (WFP) situation report said. A WFP…

Appeal Target: US$ 440,469 Geneva, 4 June 2003 Dear Colleagues, Every year the island of Madagascar lying off the coast of Mozambique experiences a number of cyclones which cause extensive damage to the country's infrastructure and destruction of people's lives as thousands…

JOHANNESBURG, 19 May (IRIN) - The death toll from cyclone Manou, which battered the east coast of Madagascar earlier this month, has risen to 68 people with 86 injured, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in Antananarivo on Monday. In…

On May 19 (Mon), the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency assistance in kind (tents, blankets, water purifiers, plastic tanks and portable water tanks) equivalent to about 16 million yen to the Republic of Madagascar, which has sustained…

Saint-Denis, Reunion (PANA) - A week after Cyclone Manou hit the centre-eastern coast of Madagascar, the latest toll issued at the weekend by the National Rescue Committee (CNS) revealed that the disaster has killed 70 people and injured 85,…

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS The European Commission has adopted an EU 13 million (USD 15 million) humanitarian aid package to support vulnerable people affected by drought and food shortages in Zimbabwe. The funding decision will provide supplementary, therapeutic and school feeding to over…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0072 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Madagascar - Tropical Cyclone Manou 16 May 2003 This report summarises preliminary information provided by the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Madagascar. Situation As assessments are on-going, a more detailed evaluation of…

Geneva, 15 May 2003 - On Sunday, May 4 2003, a climatic disruption in the Indian Ocean (about 900 km north east off Madagascars' coast) developed into a cyclone Manou. On Thursday afternoon , May 8, the cyclone hit…