Foreign
By Kennedy Nnamani
ANDRY Rajoelina, the President of Madagascar and Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, have met to discuss some issues affecting Madagascar. This was disclosed in a press statement released by USAID, attributable to Rebecca Chalif, the spokesperson.
The duo of Rajoelina and Power considered the impact of climate change and COVID-19 in Madagascar as well as ways to strengthen anti-corruption efforts in the country and the critical importance of taking steps to address deforestation and protecting wildlife habitats.
The USAID’s administrator acknowledged the devastating effects of climate change for the Malagasy people, while President Rajoelina underscored the strategy that his government is taking to save and improve the lives of the people of Madagascar, noting that his administration is keen to rebuild infrastructure, provide assistance to vulnerable populations, increase resilience to more frequent and severe cyclones and tropical storms and address drought and food insecurity.
Power charged the Government of Madagascar to ensure accountability on donated COVID-19 funds.
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