- United Nations agencies and their international humanitarian partners said they need more than US $36 million to provide relief to Madagascar's tens of thousands of heavy cyclone victims.
At least 83 people have been killed by cyclone that resulted to heavy rainfall throughout Madagascar, especially its northwest and northeast regions.
The capital Antananarivo and farmy region of Alaotra Mangoro are among the areas heavily affected by several days of floods. Several people have been displaced.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is seeking funds to bail out the country's over 230,000 victims of the national disaster.
OCHA has dispatched a formal request to the United Nations' Central Emergency Response Fund to disburse funds for the cause. So far, about US $6.5 million has been committed, OCHA said.
Malagasy victims have been supported with emergency food rations and other humanitarian aid, thanks to UN aid agencies and other partners, including the International Organisation for Migration. Aid workers are helping victims with quality water as well as avert the spread of diseases in the affected areas.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
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