Madagascar’s Worst Drought in 40 Years
The crisis has left more than a million people facing a year of desperate food shortages. The south of the island will produce less than half its usual harvest in the coming months because of low rains, prolonging a hunger crisis already affecting half the Grand Sud area’s population, the UN estimates. The south saw […]
Africa’s Worst-hit Nation Prepares for a Possible New Onslaught of Cases
South African officials say two highly contagious variants of coronavirus are now present in the country. Officials from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases announced late Sunday that they have detected the B.1.617.2 and B.1.1.7 variants among the South African population. With just under 1.6 million confirmed cases, South Africa leads the continent in coronavirus […]
