Famine in Madagascar is first caused by man-made global warming, UN says

Human-induced global warming is the cause of the famine hitting Madagascar, the first of its kind but not the last, a World Food Program (WFP) official warned on Tuesday (November 2nd).

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According to Aduino Mangoni, deputy director of WFP in Madagascar, 30,000 people are now suffering from famine in the southern half of the island hit by an unprecedented drought for 40 years and more than 1.3 million suffer from acute malnutrition, said Aduino Mangoni. by videoconference, during a UN briefing in Geneva.

For him, this is the first famine caused by global warming due to human activities.

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The next harvest can only take place in six months and the situation can only deteriorate by then, he warned, recalling that 500,000 children are already suffering from malnutrition, including 110,000 from severe or acute and are only a step away from death.

WFP needs $ 69 million to be able to put in place the necessary assistance over the next six months.

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In the southern tip of the island, 91% of the population lives in a situation of poverty and the drought has destroyed the agricultural and fishing production capacities on which families depend for their survival, a recent report by Amnesty International pointed out. .