14 million euros. That is the amount of the facility provided to Madagascar by German development bank KfW for a rural electrification project. The funds will be used to build five hydropower dams, with a total capacity of 13.3MW, in the Sava region. The plants’ output will help cut by 80% the budget dedicated to the purchase of fuel used to generate electricity in the region. (..) The project will officially start in 2018 and the plants should start operating in 2019. Their output will help provide power to 170 villages spread across 138 rural communities.
Dans The Guardian
It was late morning when Cyclone Enawo made landfall on Madagascar’s north-east coast. The most severe tropical storm to hit the Indian Ocean island in more than 10 years brought with it winds of up to 290km/h and 25cm of rainfall. The devastating cyclone ravaged Madagascar for almost two days in March, cascading vast amounts of water on the deforested slopes of the country’s high plateau, triggering floods and landslides. More than 80 people died. A further 247,000 lost their homes.
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