‘Nothing left’: A catastrophe in Madagascar’s famine-hit south

More than one million people need emergency food and nutrition aid, with 14,000 already in ‘catastrophic conditions’.

“Look at my child, please help us!” cries the woman. She hurriedly undresses the five-year-old girl, uncovering gaunt arms and ribs that are painfully visible under the skin. The child allows herself to be pulled around before starting to shake. The mother and her daughter live in the famine-stricken region of Anosy in Madagascar’s far south.