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 by AFP Staff Writers 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 said in a report released ahead of the UN's climate conference in Glasgow. Amnesty called on rich nations to provide humanitarian aid and offer financial and technical support to help Madagascar adapt to climate change. "The international community must immediately provide the people in Madagascar affected by the drought with increased humanitarian relief and additional funding for the losses and damages suffered," said Agnes Callamard, Amnesty's secretary general. The drought afflicts a region where more than 90 percent of the population live in poverty, leaving many with little choice but to migrate. "It is a grave injustice that impacts of climate change are felt by people in developing countries the most considering that they have contributed the least to the climate crisis," Amnesty said. The United Nations has repeatedly blamed climate change for the drought, which has forced people to boil weeds and cactus to survive.
Three Burkina troops killed in attack near Ivorian border Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 26, 2021 At least three Burkina Faso soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in an attack near the southern border with the Ivory Coast, security sources said on Tuesday. Burkina Faso has been hit by deadly jihadist attacks since 2015, mostly in the northern and eastern regions close to Mali and Niger but also in the south. "Unidentified armed individuals attacked a military unit securing the Mangodara commune area," a security source told AFP, adding the attack took place at 9 pm (2100 GMT) on Mon ... read more
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