Drought in the south leaves households experiencing emergency levels of hunger, with nothing but wild fruits to eat

Nearly 850,000 people in drought-hit southern Madagascar are experiencing “alarming” levels of hunger, and more aid is needed to prevent a dire situation from becoming a “catastrophe”, UN agencies said on Thursday.

This is the latest warning by the agencies who have been scaling up their response to a crisis affecting more than half the population in the south of the island nation.

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Source: Guardian Environment