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The crisis follows three straight years of drought as well as a deep recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
From: The Stream
Why has climate change caused famine in Madagascar?
4 Aug 2021
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Communities are on the verge of starvation.
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More than one million people need emergency food and nutrition aid, with 14,000 already in ‘catastrophic conditions’.
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