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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nick Ferris

The climate crisis, aid cuts and deepening poverty are combining to drive a crisis in Madagascar

Tsalova, 70, pictured among her grandchildren, says that during the dry season she is forced to eat cactus in order to survive - (WaterAid/Ernest Randriarimalala)

The climate crisis, foreign aid cuts and chronic poverty are combining to drive an escalating humanitarian crisis in southern Madagascar, the head of the country’s UN humanitarian operation has warned.

Speaking to The Independent, Rija Rakotoson says that malnutrition and malaria are particular problems right now – adding that this worsening situation is what was always likely to happen when less “acute” crises are no longer a priority in the era of aid cuts.

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