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The famine at the edge of the ocean

Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine

Madagascar is experiencing its worst famine for over 30 years. With successive years of drought, this began in the country鈥檚 deep south but as successive cyclones hit Madagascar in 2022 and 2023, people in the south-east are now also suffering from food insecurity. The United Nations has described this as the 鈥渨orld鈥檚 first climate-induced famine鈥. But some climate scientists claim there is little evidence suggesting global warming is the primary cause. Journalist Raissa Iousouff travels to the south of Madagascar in search of answers and meets many of the local people and communities who are fighting to survive.

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