MADAGASCAR: Bracing for storm season
JOHANNESBURG, 17 November 2008 (IRIN) - All eyes are glued to the radar screen in anticipation of the cyclone season in Madagascar, and this year the authorities and their humanitarian partners hope not be caught off guard.
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DRC: What will stop the fighting?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
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MADAGASCAR: Government's ambitious healthcare project
ANTANANARIVO, 24 October 2008 (IRIN) - Madagascar has embarked on a major campaign to reduce maternal and infant mortality, but malaria, respiratory diseases and diarrhoea, a consequence of the lack of access to clean water and poor sanitation, remain among the biggest causes of child deaths.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: The economic future may be darker
JOHANNESBURG, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) - Africa's marginalisation in the global financial system will not spare it the repercussions of the market meltdown affecting the rest of the world, but how hard its economies will be hit is unclear.
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MADAGASCAR: No welcome for sex tourism
TOLIARA, 7 October 2008 (IRIN) - The warning posters start at the airport in the capital, Antananarivo, informing visitors that Madagascar says "NO to sex tourism" and "Malagasy women are not tourist souvenirs".
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MADAGASCAR: Seasonal food shortages on the doorstep
ANTANANARIVO, 2 October 2008 (IRIN) - The price of rice, the staple food of Madagascar's 19 million people, has stabilised, but the country's southern regions, where remote communities are vulnerable to chronic food insecurity, are preparing for the onset of seasonal food shortages that usually start in October.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: "Sunny and dry" is an unwelcome forecast
JOHANNESBURG, 25 September 2008 (IRIN) - At least six countries in Southern Africa could receive poor rainfall during the critical planting season starting next month, says an early forecast for the 2008/09 agricultural season.
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MADAGASCAR: Growing food in the off-season
JOHANNESBURG, 29 August 2008 (IRIN) - A US$500,000 project by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is using Madagascar's agricultural off-season to decrease food aid dependency and offset the effects of high food prices.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC meal planning
JOHANNESBURG, 22 August 2008 (IRIN) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced it will go ahead with plans to set up a regional grain reserve, while urging member states not to impose export restrictions on maize as the region grapples with high food prices.
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MADAGASCAR: Balancing poor communities and conservation
TOLIARA, 1 August 2008 (IRIN) - Madagascar is entering uncharted waters in its bid to implement ambitious projects in partnership with poor local communities that will more than triple existing conservation areas.
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