Ifotaka, Madagascar, Oct 16, 2026 (AFP) - Famine-scarred southern Madagascar braces for El Nino

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2026-10-16

With scrawny arms and bellies swollen by malnutrition, a dozen children waited for a meal at a World Food Programme centre in an arid area of southern Madagascar scarred by famine and bracing for the looming El Nino. Flour porridge simmered on a stove at the site that opened in the small town of Ifotaka the year after a 2021-2022 famine then described by the United Nations as the first in the world caused by climate change. A staff member had to......

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