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November 29, 2016

Madagascar drought causes extreme hunger, many left to eat cactus fruit

A family sits inside their hut in Ambovombe, Madagascar, Sept. 22, 2015. Hunger levels are now so severe in drought-ridden southern Madagascar that many people in remote villages have eaten almost nothing but cactus fruit for up to four years, said a Catholic Relief Services official.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Hunger levels are so severe in drought-ridden southern Madagascar that many people in remote villages have eaten almost nothing but cactus fruit for up to four years, said a Catholic Relief Services official.

Published in International