http://www.irinnews.org/Updated everydayen-gbSat, 08 Jun 2013 10:30:46 GMTFri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>ANTANANARIVO 07 June 2013 (IRIN) - Madagascar’s recent gains in the battle against malaria are likely to be reversed because funding problems have interrupted prevention activities. http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98185/Fears-of-a-malaria-relapse-in-MadagascarANTANANARIVO 07 June 2013 (IRIN) - Madagascar’s recent gains in the battle against malaria are likely to be reversed because funding problems have interrupted prevention activities. ]]>Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98114/Digital-jobs-offer-skills-promise-to-Africa-apos-s-unemployed-youthJOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI 28 May 2013 (IRIN) - Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>TOLIARA 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin Village, in Madagascar’s southern Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The work is hard, but in the last year, access to microcredit has boosted both her business and her hope for the future.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98050/Microcredit-helps-small-businesses-buck-the-system-in-MadagascarTOLIARA 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin Village, in Madagascar’s southern Atsimo-Andrefana Region. The work is hard, but in the last year, access to microcredit has boosted both her business and her hope for the future.]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>TOLIARA 01 May 2013 (IRIN) - Health experts fear the interruption of food assistance in Madagascar is increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Toliara, the capital city of Madagascar’s southern Atsimo-Andrefana region.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97950/Food-insecurity-opens-door-to-TB-in-MadagascarTOLIARA 01 May 2013 (IRIN) - Health experts fear the interruption of food assistance in Madagascar is increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Toliara, the capital city of Madagascar’s southern Atsimo-Andrefana region.]]>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>ST AUGUSTIN 08 April 2013 (IRIN) - Farmers in Madagascar’s southwestern province of Tulear have been hit hard, first by floods and then by locusts, threatening food security in a region already among the poorest in the island country.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97805/Consecutive-catastrophes-hit-Madagascar-apos-s-farmersST AUGUSTIN 08 April 2013 (IRIN) - Farmers in Madagascar’s southwestern province of Tulear have been hit hard, first by floods and then by locusts, threatening food security in a region already among the poorest in the island country.]]>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - South Africa's gold mines are estimated to have the highest number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world, making the disease a leading export to neighbouring countries. IRIN takes a look at the declaration meant to change this situation.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97719/Southern-Africa-cracks-down-on-TB-in-minesJOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - South Africa's gold mines are estimated to have the highest number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world, making the disease a leading export to neighbouring countries. IRIN takes a look at the declaration meant to change this situation.]]>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>SAMBAINA 22 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97706/Madagascar-apos-s-Millennium-Village-goes-it-aloneSAMBAINA 22 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.]]>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 27 February 2013 (IRIN) - New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-homeJOHANNESBURG 27 February 2013 (IRIN) - New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.]]>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>ANTANANARIVO 25 February 2013 (IRIN) - National disaster authorities and aid agencies are struggling to reach remote areas of Madagascar’s southwestern coast where thousands of people are thought to have been made homeless by Tropical Cyclone Haruna, which made landfall on 22 February as a powerful category two cyclone.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97542/Tropical-Cyclone-Haruna-hits-southwestern-MadagascarANTANANARIVO 25 February 2013 (IRIN) - National disaster authorities and aid agencies are struggling to reach remote areas of Madagascar’s southwestern coast where thousands of people are thought to have been made homeless by Tropical Cyclone Haruna, which made landfall on 22 February as a powerful category two cyclone.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>SANHANGY-TSIALIH 13 February 2013 (IRIN) - After years of underfunding its locust management programme, Madagascar is threatened by a major swarm that could infest most of the island country.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97460/Locust-invasion-threatens-underfunded-MadagascarSANHANGY-TSIALIH 13 February 2013 (IRIN) - After years of underfunding its locust management programme, Madagascar is threatened by a major swarm that could infest most of the island country.]]>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 30 January 2013 (IRIN) - Frederik Ngubane was born in South Africa to South African parents 22 years ago but, lacking any proof of his origins or nationality, he lives a shadowy, marginal existence. He cannot travel, study or secure formal employment and has lost count of how many times he has been arrested for being undocumented.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97372/Solving-statelessness-in-Southern-AfricaJOHANNESBURG 30 January 2013 (IRIN) - Frederik Ngubane was born in South Africa to South African parents 22 years ago but, lacking any proof of his origins or nationality, he lives a shadowy, marginal existence. He cannot travel, study or secure formal employment and has lost count of how many times he has been arrested for being undocumented.]]>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMPASIMANJEVA 22 January 2013 (IRIN) - Even after days on an antibiotic regime, three-month-old Jean Marie Anselme struggles to breathe and eat at the Fondation Médical d'Ampasimanjeva, a hospital in Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region, in southeastern Madagascar.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97304/Navigating-Madagascar-apos-s-pneumonia-vaccine-roll-outAMPASIMANJEVA 22 January 2013 (IRIN) - Even after days on an antibiotic regime, three-month-old Jean Marie Anselme struggles to breathe and eat at the Fondation Médical d'Ampasimanjeva, a hospital in Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region, in southeastern Madagascar.]]>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 18 January 2013 (IRIN) - Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97278/In-Brief-Staples-not-export-crops-key-to-tackling-Africa-s-poverty-reportNAIROBI 18 January 2013 (IRIN) - Africa could reduce its poverty levels faster by focusing more on the production of staples rather than export crops, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMBOASARY 15 January 2013 (IRIN) - The dry, spiny forests of southern Madagascar comprise one of the most unique ecosystems in the world, but they are becoming increasingly endangered as residents of the arid, food-insecure region cut down trees to make way for cultivation and to produce charcoal.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97246/Food-for-work-scheme-helps-Malagasy-forests-and-peopleAMBOASARY 15 January 2013 (IRIN) - The dry, spiny forests of southern Madagascar comprise one of the most unique ecosystems in the world, but they are becoming increasingly endangered as residents of the arid, food-insecure region cut down trees to make way for cultivation and to produce charcoal.]]>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMBOVOMBE 28 December 2012 (IRIN) - The provision of school lunches to 215,000 children in 1,200 primary schools in southern Madagascar could be suspended by the end of January 2013 if the World Food Programme (WFP) fails to make up a funding shortfall of US$4.84 million. The funds are needed to cover the cost of running the feeding scheme from December 2012 to May 2013.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97144/Funding-gap-threatens-Madagascar-apos-s-school-lunchesAMBOVOMBE 28 December 2012 (IRIN) - The provision of school lunches to 215,000 children in 1,200 primary schools in southern Madagascar could be suspended by the end of January 2013 if the World Food Programme (WFP) fails to make up a funding shortfall of US$4.84 million. The funds are needed to cover the cost of running the feeding scheme from December 2012 to May 2013.]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMPASIMANJEVA 21 December 2012 (IRIN) - It took three days for Nisehotsara, a farmer’s wife from Betraka, a village on Madagascar’s east coast, to deliver her 10th child. After the difficult birth, she woke up to find her bed soaked with urine.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97095/Relief-for-fistula-sufferers-in-MadagascarAMPASIMANJEVA 21 December 2012 (IRIN) - It took three days for Nisehotsara, a farmer’s wife from Betraka, a village on Madagascar’s east coast, to deliver her 10th child. After the difficult birth, she woke up to find her bed soaked with urine.]]>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BETRAKA 12 December 2012 (IRIN) - Madagascar’s traditional midwives, or ‘matronnes’, are often thought to undermine safe childbirth practices, delivering babies in unsanitary environments and without provisions to manage complications. Yet they are now being recruited to a campaign to get women to deliver in clinics or hospitals, part of a move to lower maternal and newborn death rates.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97024/MADAGASCAR-Traditional-midwives-back-in-fashionBETRAKA 12 December 2012 (IRIN) - Madagascar’s traditional midwives, or ‘matronnes’, are often thought to undermine safe childbirth practices, delivering babies in unsanitary environments and without provisions to manage complications. Yet they are now being recruited to a campaign to get women to deliver in clinics or hospitals, part of a move to lower maternal and newborn death rates.]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>AMBOHIMANGA ROVA 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Liliana Lova Rahoaritsalamanirinarisoa, 25, a single mother from the village of Ambohimanga Rova, about 24km east of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, is confident about the future - despite her daily struggles.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96857/MADAGASCAR-Liliana-Lova-Rahoaritsalamanirinarisoa-Trainee-teacher-MadagascarAMBOHIMANGA ROVA 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Liliana Lova Rahoaritsalamanirinarisoa, 25, a single mother from the village of Ambohimanga Rova, about 24km east of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, is confident about the future - despite her daily struggles.]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Price Watch (Our lives)http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96695/BANGLADESH-KENYA-Our-Lives-A-survivors-apos-guide-to-hard-timesNAIROBI 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Price Watch (Our lives)]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-forceNAIROBI 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ANTANANARIVO 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Thierry Mafisy Miharivonjy Razafindranaivo, 26, is one of three cooks in a local fast food restaurant in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96859/MADAGASCAR-Thierry-Mafisy-Miharivonjy-Razafindranaivo-Cook-MadagascarANTANANARIVO 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Thierry Mafisy Miharivonjy Razafindranaivo, 26, is one of three cooks in a local fast food restaurant in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital.]]>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 23 November 2012 (IRIN) - A US$6.1 million funding shortfall is jeopardizing the World Food Programme’s (WFP) practice of pre-positioning relief supplies in many areas vulnerable to cyclones. The practice results in quicker response times to Madagascar’s clockwork-like natural disasters.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96874/MADAGASCAR-Cyclone-preparations-threatenedJOHANNESBURG 23 November 2012 (IRIN) - A US$6.1 million funding shortfall is jeopardizing the World Food Programme’s (WFP) practice of pre-positioning relief supplies in many areas vulnerable to cyclones. The practice results in quicker response times to Madagascar’s clockwork-like natural disasters.]]>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ANTANANARIVO 21 November 2012 (IRIN) - Former gang member Robert, 62, shares a cell with 145 other inmates in Antanimora Prison in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. He receives one meal a day of dried cassava.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96835/MADAGASCAR-Sentenced-to-malnutritionANTANANARIVO 21 November 2012 (IRIN) - Former gang member Robert, 62, shares a cell with 145 other inmates in Antanimora Prison in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. He receives one meal a day of dried cassava.]]>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ANTANANARIVO 06 November 2012 (IRIN) - Incomes have slipped to their lowest level in a decade since Madagascar’s 2009 coup d’etat, and, in parallel, domestic violence has sharply risen.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96710/MADAGASCAR-Domestic-violence-rises-as-incomes-fallANTANANARIVO 06 November 2012 (IRIN) - Incomes have slipped to their lowest level in a decade since Madagascar’s 2009 coup d’etat, and, in parallel, domestic violence has sharply risen.]]>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>JOHANNESBURG 22 October 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union’s (AU) deadline for securing the continent’s territorial waters - the world’s last major geographical region without a maritime strategy - has been set at 2050, a target that may prove untenable.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96608/SECURITY-Is-Africa-apos-s-maritime-strategy-all-at-seaJOHANNESBURG 22 October 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union’s (AU) deadline for securing the continent’s territorial waters - the world’s last major geographical region without a maritime strategy - has been set at 2050, a target that may prove untenable.]]>