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Tag: Displaced people

Madagascar Crisis


Dec 14, 2021
Categories: news

Madagascar, one of the lowest carbon emitters globally, is one of the countries worst affected by the consequences of global warming. Madagascar, is the world's first climate change directly induced famine [5].  Southern Madagascar is going through a very difficult time. It is suffering the worst drought in more than 40 years, with more than a million people on the brink of starvation. The overwhelming drought is leading to a violation of the basic human rights...

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What is happening in Cabo Delgadao, Mozambique?


Jun 30, 2020
Categories: news

For the past three years the population of Cabo Delgado has been faced with repeated terrorist attacks.  A region rich with natural gas and other minerals, Cabo Delgado is located in the northeast of Mozambique, with a population of 2.3. million inhabitants (1). Following the first attack in October 2017, the impact on the population has been determinantal, from March 2019 to March 2020 the number of displaced people rose from 1,000 to 115,000 people (2)....

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