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In tonight's edition: The Lions of Teranga make a triumphant homecoming as Senegal's national squad returns from its victory over Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations. Also, there are fears of a humanitarian crisis in Madagascar after Cyclone Batsirai leaves devastation in its wake. Plus, a panel concludes that…

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Humanitarian crisis feared as cyclone kills 21 in Madagascar

Antananarivo (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai swept out of Madagascar on Monday after killing 21 people, displacing 70,000 and devastating the drought-hit island's agricultural heartland, leading the UN to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis.

AFP

Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar but quickly weakens on land

Officials in Madagascar say that Cyclone Batsirai has caused the deaths of 20 people and made more than 55,000 others homeless after slamming into the island’s eastern coast

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Daily Dose Ep 964: Ram Rahim Singh granted furlough, students in hijab sent home

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Haryana, Karnataka, the Parliament and Madagascar.

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UN warns of humanitarian crisis as Cyclone Batsirai kills 20 in Madagascar

Cyclone Batsirai swept out of Madagascar on Monday morning, leaving 20 dead, displacing 55,000 and devastating the drought-hit island's agricultural heartland. Just two weeks after another tropical storm claimed 55 lives, the UN fears a worsening humanitarian crisis.

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Humanitarian crisis feared as cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar

Antananarivo (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai swept out of Madagascar on Monday after killing 20 people, displacing 55,000 and devastating the drought-hit island's agricultural heartland, leading the UN to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis.

AFP

Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces nearly 48,000 in Madagascar

Mahanoro (Madagascar) (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai killed at least 10 people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster management agency said on Sunday.

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Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces tens of thousands in Madagascar

Mahanoro (Madagascar) (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai killed at least ten people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster management agency said on Sunday.

AFP

Cyclone Batsirai kills six, displaces tens of thousands in Madagascar

Mahanoro (Madagascar) (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai killed at least six people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster management agency said on Sunday.

AFP

Cyclone kills at least 10 in Madagascar, destroying homes and cutting power

A cyclone killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks, triggering floods, bringing down buildings and cutting power, officials said on Sunday.

Reuters

Cyclone pounds Madagascar with torrential winds and rain

Cyclone Batsirai’s torrential winds and rain are hammering Madagascar, after landing on the island’s east coast

The Independent UK

Cyclone Batsirai weakens after displacing thousands in Madagascar

Mahanoro (Madagascar) (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai weakened overnight but not before pummelling Madagascar and displacing 27,000 people in a country still reeling from a deadly tropical storm weeks earlier.

AFP

Cyclone Batsirai weakens after hitting Madagascar, floods feared

Vatomandry (Madagascar) (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai weakened overnight but floods were still expected due to heavy rain after it hit eastern Madagascar with strong winds, the island's meteorological office said Sunday.

AFP

'Widespread damage' feared as Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar

Vatomandry (Madagascar) (AFP) - Cyclone Batsirai on Saturday battered Madagascar's eastern region with strong winds and heavy rain, the second storm to hit the island nation in just a few weeks, officials said.

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Cyclone Batsirai nears Madagascar, 'widespread damage' feared

Vatomandry (Madagascar) (AFP) - Powerful Cyclone Batsirai was closing in on eastern Madagascar Saturday as residents sought secure shelter or reinforced their roofs with sandbags after warnings that "widespread damage" was feared.

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Cyclone Batsirai closes in on eastern Madagascar

Vatomandry (Madagascar) (AFP) - As powerful Cyclone Batsirai closed in on eastern Madagascar on Saturday people sought shelter in more secure concrete buildings while others reinforced their roofs with large sandbags.

Reuters

Cyclone Batsirai destroys homes and knocks out power in Madagascar

Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on Madagascar's eastern coastline late on Saturday, with residents reporting strong winds, a power blackout and houses destroyed as the storm swept inland.

The Independent UK

Cyclone Batsirai blows across Indian Ocean toward Madagascar

Weather officials forecast that the full force of Cyclone Batsirai is to hit Madagascar Saturday evening

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The Independent UK

Cyclone Batsirai: Huge storm to hit Madagascar with 125mph winds

Indian Ocean island braces for further destruction weeks after tropical storm killed dozens and many more homeless

The Independent UK

Madagascar on high alert for Cyclone Batsirai's winds, rain

Madagascar has put six of its regions on high alert as tropical Cyclone Batsirai is forecast to hit the Indian Ocean island’s east coast Saturday with intense winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour

The Independent UK

Madagascar braces for cyclone blowing in from Indian Ocean

Madagascar is bracing for a new cyclone even as the Indian Ocean island recovers from a tropical storm that wreaked devastation last month

The Independent UK

Cyclone Batsirai strengthening, threatening Madagascar

Forecasts say Tropical Cyclone Batsirai is increasing in intensity and is expected to pass north of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on Wednesday evening and make landfall in central Madagascar on Saturday afternoon

AFP

Deadly storm Ana strands tens of thousands in southern Africa

Lilongwe (Malawi) (AFP) - Torrential rains from deadly Tropical Storm Ana subsided on Friday leaving tens of thousands of people across three countries in southern Africa cut off by flood damage, without power and living in shelters.

The Guardian - UK

Aid agencies scale up Storm Ana response amid floods and rising death toll

Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique worst affected with 77 people reported dead and 80,000 more forced from their homes

France 24

Tropical storm Ana kills at least 12 in Malawi and Mozambique

In tonight's edition: Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi take stock of the fatalities and destruction caused by tropical storm Ana. Meanwhile in Cameroon, Mo Salah helps Egypt beat Ivory Coast in a penalty shootout at the Africa Cup of Nations. And in the Cameroonian city of Garoua, craftspeople hope the tournament…

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