Tag: Madagascar
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga enters race for AU presidency
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has officially launched his election campaign to become chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. Member states will elect Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat’s successor…
At Sial, African entrepreneurs demonstrate the advances in local agriculture of tomorrow
The International Food Fair (Sial), which is held every two years in Paris, took place last week at the Villepinte exhibition center, north of the capital. Five days during which…
zebu breeders plead for better valorization of their work
In Madagascar, they are considered “large breeders”. With their herd of several hundred head of zebu, they participate in extensive breeding. These breeders graze their livestock on large areas of…
training for women entering politics
The candidates for the Malagasy municipal and communal elections on December 11 are overwhelmingly men, with women representing only 6% of the 5,389 municipal list heads. In Antananarivo, the National…
the UNAIDS delegation calls for strengthening HIV prevention
Strengthen prevention and access to treatment to stem the AIDS epidemic in Madagascar. This is the slogan delivered on Tuesday October 22 by the director of UNAIDS, the United Nations…
civil society is concerned about the project to build a luxury hotel in Nosy Mitsio
In Madagascar, mystery hovers around a project to build a luxury hotel in Nosy Mitsio, in the northwest of the country. Since an official call launched by the State to…
The Comoros are outraged by Madagascar’s border closures due to cholera
On Wednesday October 16, Madagascar closed its maritime borders with the Comoros again after recording an increase in cholera cases in the archipelago. In one month, 198 cases were recorded…
closed-door debates on the purchase of 4×4 vehicles for the 163 deputies
Funny week back to school at the Malagasy National Assembly. The opening of the budget session in Parliament began with heated debates on internal subjects: namely, the acquisition of 4x4s…
why the return of three skulls taken by French settlers is a major issue
France and Madagascar launched on October 3, 2024 in Paris the first stage of the process of restitution of human bones dating from the colonization of the island and claimed…
six inmates die of malnutrition in a prison in the Great South-East
In Madagascar, six inmates died of malnutrition in prison in Mananjary in the southeast of the island. The deaths occurred between the middle of August and the end of September,…