The United Nations World Food Programme has started distributing emergency food assistance to tens of thousands of people in Madagascar, where at least 73 people have died and almost 150,000 others have been left homeless after Cyclone Ivan battered the island nation last week.
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010 / Madagascar Travel
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 / Madagascar Travel
Farmers dig canals that will be used to irrigate their land once a dam is complete in Tsivory, Madagascar 16 March 2010 – A year after political violence rocked Madagascar, the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty is helping to generate employment for the Indian Ocean nation’s young people while supporting small …
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Monday, December 07th, 2009 / Madagascar News
Madagascar , U.S.A. Topics: Development , Environment , Governance , International Relations , Politics Languages: French , Malagasy , English Full Category List Excerpt As the world’s nations gather today in Copenhagen for the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, Madagascar, having already lost 90% of its original forest, faces continued …
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Monday, November 30th, 2009 / Madagascar News
A joint statement from the African Union, the United Nations and the International Organisation of the Francophonie, a network of French-speaking countries, said former Mozambique president Chissano would be on the islandwithout giving further details.
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Monday, November 09th, 2009 / Madagascar News
Four current and former leaders of Madagascar have struck a power-sharing deal, ending months of political wrangling that has rocked the island nation off the east coast of Africa, the United Nations said.
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