Madagascar is on the brink of famine because of its worst drought in 40 years. And a big reason for that is climate change. #AJStartHere explains. Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #MadagascarDrought #MadagascarFoodCrisis #StartHere
People in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation after the worst drought in 40 years. The UN’s food agency says there’s a desperate need for aid, with malnutrition more than doubling in the past four months. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
The World Health Organization is warning that Madagascar’s herbal tonic its president claims can cure patients of COVID-19 has no scientific basis. Other African countries such as Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau have made plans to import the tonic, which contains the artemisia plant, which is normally used to treat malaria. Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Madagascar #HerbalCure #HerbalOrganics