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    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    An alarming situation is unfolding in southeast Madagascar, where malnutrition is on the rise in rural communities. People in the southeastern Ikongo ...
    Malnutrition
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Obtaining water for drinking, cooking and washing is an everyday struggle for people in Madagascar’s Great South. Periods of drought – extremely frequ...
    Climate emergency
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Tropical cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on February 5. According to the National Risk and Disaster Management Office (BNGRC), the initial toll amount...
    Natural disasters
    Mass deportations and failed asylum policies leave tens of thousands of migrants stranded and in danger along Mexico’s border cities
    Mexico
    Mass deportations and failed asylum policies leave tens of thousands of migrants stranded and in danger along Mexico’s border cities
    Mexico City, September 8, 2021 – Tens of thousands of migrants are trapped in extremely vulnerable conditions in northern and southern Mexico due to f...
    Access to medicines
    Madagascar: Responding to the nutrition crisis in Grand Sud
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Responding to the nutrition crisis in Grand Sud
    People in southern Madagascar are experiencing an exceptionally acute food and nutrition crisis that is leaving thousands of children severely ill and...
    Malnutrition
    Sierra Leone: Living through epidemics and expanding in challenging times
    Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone: Living through epidemics and expanding in challenging times
    “When COVID-19 came I was very nervous. I thought it would be another Ebola, which was a death sentence,” says 45-year-old Ira Jonson. Ira was heavily...
    Epidemics and pandemics
    Militarisation of borders and mass expulsions increase dangers for asylum seekers and migrants in Mexico
    Mexico
    Militarisation of borders and mass expulsions increase dangers for asylum seekers and migrants in Mexico
    The commitments announced last week between the United States, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to reinforce the militarisation of borders will further ...
    Refugees