#madagascar

Madagascar ends a 16-year mining freeze, putting Global Li-Ion's Ambato-Arana back in play with 96% pure large-flake graphite and output targets up to 15,000 tpy.

Widespread flooding affected tens of thousands of people after cyclones Fytia and Gezani drenched the island.

At least 52 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar on 10 February, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday, citing the authorities.

Back-to-back cyclones in Madagascar have left more than 400,000 people in need of food assistance, according to estimates by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), while roads, power lines and homes have been severely damaged.

Powerful storm batters Mozambique's Inhambane a day after killing at least 41 people in Madagascar.

Some 10 days after Tropical Cyclone Fytia brought heavy rains and flooding to Madagascar, Cyclone Gezani has left the island's main port in ruins, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Gezani is forecast to return to cyclone status when it strikes southern Mozambique on Friday evening.

Authorities say Cyclone Gezani killed at least 36 people, injured more than 370 and destroyed almost 18,000 homes in a 24-hour spell of destruction across Madagascar.

Amid reported heavy Russian strikes across Ukraine on Thursday, UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned the "continual bombardment" the country's people are facing.

Madagascar is especially vulnerable to cyclones blowing in off the Indian Ocean and was battered by another deadly cyclone less than two weeks ago.