Not sure if this is good or bad…
South Korean firm Daewoo plans to grow maize on one million acres of land in Madagascar. The firm will pay nothing for the lease of the land. The Indian Ocean island will gain employment opportunities and infrastructural developments from Daewoo’s 99-year lease of 1.3m hectares. The leased land [...]

Media reports tagged cyclone Ivan, “the worst to hit Madagascar in several years”. So far the storm has killed 44 lives, and left some 145,000 people without shelter. VOA’s Delia Robertson reports, take a listen:

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