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Mali + 12 others
UNICEF, Nelson Mandela Foundation and Peter Krämer Foundation kick off appeal to expand Schools for Africa Initiative

Twenty-one million children in school thanks to efforts

NEW YORK, 17 June 2013 – UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Peter Krämer Foundation today kicked off a new fundraising drive to raise US$80 million to help Africa’s girls, orphans, children living in extreme poverty and other vulnerable children go to school and get a quality education.

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Madagascar + 14 others
Southern Africa: Weekly Report (11 to 17 June 2013)

HIGHLIGHTS

Mozambique:

Since the beginning of a cholera outbreak in Mozambique in early January 2013, a total of 1,861 cases and 19 deaths have been recorded nationally as at 31 May 2013 (CFR=1%). The outbreak is considered over all provinces except Niassa, although zero cases have been reported there during the past few weeks.

Madagascar:

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World + 24 others
OFID Governing Board approves new loans and grants to boost socio-economic development

Vienna, Austria, June 17, 2013. The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), meeting in its 143rd Session on June 13, has approved 17 loans and grants totaling over US$234 million to boost socio-economic development in over 44 partner countries. The majority of the public sector funding will co-finance transportation, energy and water supply and sanitation projects.

The approved public sector loans are as follows:

Burkina Faso

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Zimbabwe + 2 others
Southern African leaders call on Mugabe to delay vote

06/15/2013 23:37 GMT

by Jinty JACKSON

MAPUTO, June 15, 2013 (AFP) - The 15-country Southern Africa Development Community on Saturday called on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to delay elections scheduled for July 31.

"There is a need for the government of Zimbabwe to engage the constitutional court to request more time beyond the 31st of July," SADC secretary General Tomaz Salomao said at the close of a summit of regional leaders.

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Mozambique + 3 others
Southern Africa Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Technical Centre is launched

A new Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Technical Centre for Southern Africa, called DIMSUR was launched early this month in Maputo attended by high level government officials from Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and the Union of Comoros.

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Mozambique + 11 others
Southern Africa Humanitarian Bulletin: Issue 11, June 2013

Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.

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Bulletin de la situation acridienne Madagascar N. 3, 20 mai 2013

En ce début de saison sèche, la situation acridienne est marquée notamment par la mobilité des essaims, tant dans l'Aire grégarigène que dans l'Aire d'Invasion. Leur taille moyenne est de l'ordre de 800 ha. Le sens de leur déplacement s'effectue suivant la direction du vent et tend souvent à remonter vers le Nord/Nord-Ouest.

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Locust Crisis in Madagascar - Situation Update, 10 June 2013

Rice and maize crop losses due to locusts vary, on average, from 40 to 70 percent, reaching up to 100 percent in some plots. Funding for locust control campaigns is urgently needed.

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Fears of a malaria relapse in Madagascar

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IRIN

Madagascar’s recent gains in the battle against malaria are likely to be reversed because funding problems have interrupted prevention activities.

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Focus on Madagascar: Progress and Impact Series Country Reports Number 7 - May 2013

Progress and impact of malaria control in Madagascar at a glance

• Since 1998, the Malagasy government has built a solid National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), with well-defined objectives and organizational plans to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality.

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Focus sur Madagascar : Collection Progrès et Impact Rapports Pays Numéro 7 - mai 2013

Progrès et impact de la lutte contre le paludisme à Madagascar en un clin d’oeil

Depuis 1998, le gouvernement malgache a mis en place un programme national de lutte contre le paludisme solide, avec des objectifs et des plans organisationnels bien définis visant à réduire la morbidité et la mortalité dues au paludisme.

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Madagascar reporte la présidentielle au 23 août, au risque de s'isoler

06/06/2013 17:41 GMT

Par Gaëlle BORGIA

ANTANANARIVO, 6 juin 2013 (AFP) - L'élection présidentielle à Madagascar, étape indispensable au rétablissement de la démocratie, a été reportée au 23 août par le gouvernement de transition mais le flou demeurait jeudi sur la suite du processus et l'attitude de la communauté internationale qui risque de se retirer.

Le premier tour de l'élection avait été initialement prévu le 8 mai.

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Evaluation des impacts du cyclone Haruna sur les moyens de subsistance, et sur la securité alimentaire et la vulnerabilité des populatons affectées, Avril 2013

Le cyclone tropical HARUNA est entré le 22 février sur la côte Sud-Ouest de Madagascar, dans le district de Morombe, aux alentours de 6 heures du matin heure locale. Classé comme cyclone tropical de catégorie 2, HARUNA a entraîné de fortes pluies et des vents soufflant jusqu’à 167 Km/h avec des rafales à 207 km/h. Après avoir traversé tout le sud de Madagascar, il est sorti le lendemain 23 février à l’extrême Sud-Est, à Taolagnaro à 9 heures du matin heure locale (cf. : carte 1).

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La Cour électorale malgache confirme les trois candidatures controversées

06/05/2013 13:17 GMT

ANTANANARIVO, 05 juin 2013 (AFP) - La Cour électorale spéciale de Madagascar a confirmé mercredi les trois candidatures controversées à la prochaine élection présidentielle d'Andry Rajoelina, l'actuel homme fort du pays, de Lalao Ravalomanana et de Didier Ratsiraka, dont la communauté internationale exigeait le retrait.

Les "requêtes" demandant le retrait de ces trois candidats "sont déclarées irrecevables", a annnoncé la Cour (CES) dans un communiqué, expliquant que ses "arrêts, avis et décisions ne sont susceptibles d'aucune voie de recours".

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Madagascar + 14 others
Southern Africa: Weekly Report (28 May to 3 June 2013)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Madagascar:

The first round of presidential election is currently scheduled to be held on 24 July 2013. No decision yet on whether it will be postponed or not.

  • Namibia:

On 17 May 2013 the President declared a national drought emergency and called for assistance from international community. An estimated 330,925 people have now been classified as food insecure - 14 percent of Namibia's 2,324 million people (total population)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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