Madagascar

What’s the difference between hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons?
With this year’s hurricane season under way, Al Jazeera visualises the differences between various storm systems.
Published On 27 Sep 2022
Madagascar police shoot 18 dead in albino kidnap protest: Medic
Since 2020, there have been over a dozen abductions, attacks and murders of people with albinism in Madagascar: UN.
Published On 30 Aug 2022
Afghan refugees protest delayed visas at US embassy in Madagascar
Afghan refugees living in the east African island nation say they lack basic support and want to be relocated to the US.
Published On 18 Jul 2022
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Living on the verge of the world’s first climate-induced famine
Last year, humanitarian aid improved the situation, but Madagascar’s Grand Sud remains in precarious conditions.
Published On 15 Jul 2022

African countries turn to private climate funding to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities and aid biodiversity.

The floods come only a month after torrential rains killed 435 people in KwaZulu-Natal.

Local residents are trying to make the population more resilient during prolonged periods of food shortage.

With Grand Sud emerging from brink of famine, a better future hinges on development, social change and climate action.

The World Weather Attribution Network says tropical storms and cyclones have been made more intense by climate change.

A small group of Afghan refugees say they are trapped on African island nation without health care, education or work.

Al Jazeera travelled along Madagascar’s ravaged coast, where residents feel left behind weeks after deadly storms.

High school students in Ontario were inspired by Al Jazeera’s Start Here episode on hunger in Madagascar, teacher says.

Authorities struggle to accommodate about 30,000 people displaced by the storm as the number of casualties spikes.

Cyclone which left 91,000 people with destroyed or damaged homes was the nation’s second destructive storm in two weeks.

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