ZEBU WAR
September 2021 - Commune of Marovato, Madagascar - Beneficiaries wait their turn to be consulted by the medical staff of the mobile clinic of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the village of Befeno, commune of Marovato..Since June 2021, MSF has set up several "mobile clinics" to treat the most serious cases of "moderate and severe malnutrition. Men accompanying their families are not allowed to enter the mobile clinic site and must wait outside because they have a reputation for causing public disorder and not following admission protocols at MSF sites..For several decades, southeastern Madagascar has been a victim of the "KERE" phenomenon, as the local population calls it. KERE is the food crisis caused by a period of intense drought that causes farmers to stop growing crops for several months each year. Farmers find themselves without money and in a situation of "severe malnutrition", even famine..The lack of economic development in the region, accentuated by the feeling of being abandoned by the central power in Antananarivo, incites young boys to turn away from working the land and to participate in zebu rustling operations that will allow them to earn a better living.