Madagascar Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/madagascar/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:15:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Madagascar Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/madagascar/ 32 32 67616479 Storm season in Madagascar and the ongoing effects of climate change https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/storm-season-in-madagascar-and-the-ongoing-effects-of-climate-change/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/storm-season-in-madagascar-and-the-ongoing-effects-of-climate-change/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:14:55 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69603 Tropical storm Dumako hit Madagascar last week shortly after Cyclone Batsirai damaged over 124,000 homes and killed multiple people. The island nation is going through storm season and another cyclone, Emnati, is forecast to hit close to the same area affected by Batsirai.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/storm-season-in-madagascar-and-the-ongoing-effects-of-climate-change/feed/ 0 69603 Why foreign countries are scrambling to set up bases in Africa https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/why-foreign-countries-are-scrambling-to-set-up-bases-in-africa/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/why-foreign-countries-are-scrambling-to-set-up-bases-in-africa/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:54:57 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=67919 The Horn of Africa is the epicentre of foreign military activity. Foreign troops have been deployed to support peace initiatives, subdue terror groups and support foreign security initiatives.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/why-foreign-countries-are-scrambling-to-set-up-bases-in-africa/feed/ 0 67919 Death toll rises to 124 in endemic Madagascar plague https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/124-dead-endemic-madagascar-plague/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/124-dead-endemic-madagascar-plague/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:29:18 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=28777 According to a report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Madagascar's National Bureau of Risk Management and Disaster the plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 1,192 people since August, with 124 deaths.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/124-dead-endemic-madagascar-plague/feed/ 0 28777 WATCH: Madagascar starts using drones to deliver essential healthcare services https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/watch-madagascar-starts-using-drones-deliver-essential-healthcare-services/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/watch-madagascar-starts-using-drones-deliver-essential-healthcare-services/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:40:08 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me//?p=23491 Madagascar has become the latest African country to leverage drones to deliver essential healthcare services to remote rural communities. Clinical lab samples collected from far-flung villages are transported via drones to a central lab. The initiative, a collaboration between the government, Vayu, Inc. and Stony Brook University, will help to leapfrog infrastructural challenges affecting the delivery of healthcare solutions in parts of rural Madagascar.

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