UNITED NATIONS (AP) â The U.N. World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation, and have already caused deaths from severe hunger.
Lola Castro, WFPâs regional director in southern Africa, told a news conference Friday that she witnessed âa very dramatic and desperate situationâ during her recent visit with WFP chief David Beasley to the Indian Ocean island nation of 26 million people.
Hundreds of adults and children were âwasted,â and hundreds of kids were skin and bones and receiving nutritional support, she said.
In 28 years working for WFP on four continents, Castro said she had ânever seen anything this badâ except in 1998 in Bahr el-Gazal in what is now South Sudan.
UN: Madagascar droughts push 400,000 toward starvation
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FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2020, file photo, children sit by a dug out water hole in a dry river bed in the remote village of Fenoaivo, Madagascar. Lola Castro, WFPs regional director in southern Africa, told a news conference Friday, June 25, 2021, that she witnessed a very dramatic and desperate situation during her recent visit with WFP chief David Beasley to the Indian Ocean island nation of 26 million people.(AP Photo/Laetitia Bezain, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
CAMEROON – The U.N. World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation, and have already caused deaths from severe hunger.
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Edith M. Lederer June 26, 2021 - 1:59 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) â The U.N. World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation, and have already caused deaths from severe hunger.
Lola Castro, WFPâs regional director in southern Africa, told a news conference Friday that she witnessed âa very dramatic and desperate situationâ during her recent visit with WFP chief David Beasley to the Indian Ocean island nation of 26 million people.
Hundreds of adults and children were âwasted,â and hundreds of kids were skin and bones and receiving nutritional support, she said.
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