UN warns of famine in drought-ravaged southern Madagascar Ministry of Health data revealed that 16.5% of children under five now suffer from acute malnutrition, almost double the proportion four months ago, the United Nations World Food Programme said. FILE: Residents of Ifotaka municipality return home after attending a programme to screen for malnutrition and distribute infant food supplements, organised by the NGO Action Contre la Faim and the World Food Programme (WFP) in the municipality of Ifotaka, in southern Madagascar, on December 14, 2018. Picture: AFP
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JOHANNESBURG - Persistent drought in southern Madagascar has left hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine and stoked acute malnutrition among children, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
Southern Madagascar on brink of famine, warns WFP
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