Tag: Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina reshuffles his government for the home stretch of his term
The President of the Republic, Andry Rajoelina, carried out a ministerial reshuffle, Monday, February 20 at the start of the evening. A recomposition of the government without major upheaval. The…
one-year suspended prison sentence for ex-first lady Voahangy Rajaonarimampianina
Voahangy Rajaonarimampianina, the wife of the previous Malagasy president, was given a one-year suspended prison sentence on Tuesday February 14, together with a fine of one million ariary. The former…
sharp rise in consumer prices for households
In Madagascar, consumer prices for households increased by 10.8% between November 2021 and November 2022. A “ galloping inflation », say the economists of the National Institute of Statistics, which…
organic food players rely on a trade fair in Germany to develop
Twelve member companies of the Malagasy Syndicate of Organic Agriculture will be represented at BioFach, the world’s largest organic food fair, held from February 14 to 17, 2023 in Nuremberg.…
last tribute to the storyteller Paul Congo, guardian of the oral traditions of the north of the island
Sunday, February 5, in Madagascar, the memory of an entire people is gone. Paul Jaoravoana, alias Paul Congo, breathed his last, after jumping for joy at the Baréa victory goal…
The two loves of Malagasy Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1)
Between French and his Malagasy language, his heart swayed for a long time. He eventually wrote in both languages. An immense writer from the beginning of the last century, Rabearivelo…
the Cheneso storm revives the debate on the school calendar and the rainy season
In Madagascar, the Cheneso storm, which left sixteen dead, nineteen missing and more than 55,000 victims according to a latest assessment, revives the debate on the compatibility between the current…
an “astronomical” project in which Madagascar could soon participate
The “SKA” project, for Square Kilometer Array, was imagined by an international scientific consortium to study essential scientific questions ranging from the birth of the Universe to the origins of…
Madagascar draws up the first assessment of the passage of the Cheneso storm
Tropical Storm Cheneso which hit the northeast of the Big Island on Thursday morning has weakened, but heavy rains are still expected until Tuesday in the northwest and southeast of…
the postponement of the municipal election worries civil society
In January 2024, in Madagascar, several electoral mandates will come to an end, that of the President of the Republic first of all but also that of some 1,700 mayors…