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Madagascar’s Hunger Crisis: Why Climate-Driven Famine is Pushing Children Across SADC Borders

A Crisis Unfolding: Children at the Center of Climate Hunger In southern Madagascar, hunger has become a daily reality. Consecutive droughts have devastated harvests and forced thousands of families to make impossible choices. According to the World Food Programme, more than 2 million people in southern Madagascar faced acute food insecurity in 2025, while hundreds […]

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