Amnesty urges immediate relief for famine-hit Madagascar

Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 27, 2021

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Madagascar's government and the rest of the world to step up relief efforts for the island nation's drought-hit south. More than a million people on Madagascar's parched southern tip are on the brink of famine and some are already dying, the rights watchdog said. The months-long drought, stoked by climate change, is the worst in four decades, it s