Tag: Madagascar
the two Frenchmen hope for a release
The two French people sentenced in Madagascar for an attempted coup and attempted assassination of the Malagasy head of state, represented by their lawyers, asked this Friday, July 22 for…
Antananarivo faced with a new increase in the price of the bus ticket
Bus users in the Malagasy capital find themselves in confusion and discontent. When the increase in fuel prices was announced at the beginning of the week, the authorities had indicated…
In Madagascar, civil society challenges leaders on rising fuel prices
On Monday July 11, the Malagasy government announced the new prices at the pump with immediate effect following a meeting with the oil companies. This announced increase of 44% on…
Prix RFI Théâtre 2022, the shortlisted texts
Following the call for applications for the 9th edition of the “RFI Theater Prize”, eleven unpublished texts were shortlisted for their literary and dramaturgical qualities and their originality. They will…
Madagascar hit by a fourth wave of Covid-19 in the middle of the southern winter
Cases of Covid-19 are once again on the rise in Madagascar, raising fears of a fourth wave as the austral winter has just begun. With very low vaccination coverage and…
a sharp rise in electricity tariffs alarms the private sector
In Madagascar, tense negotiations concerning the increase in electricity tariffs for businesses, between the private sector and Jirama, the public electricity and water distribution company. The latter announced to the…
Return of the festivities for the 62nd anniversary of the independence of Madagascar
On June 26, 1960, the Big Island regained its sovereignty after more than half a century of French colonization. While for the past two years, the coronavirus pandemic has prevented…
the grumbling of teachers over the delay in CEPE correction bonuses
More than half a million children passed the CEPE national exam on Tuesday, June 21, the Certificate of Elementary Primary Studies, which determines the passage of schoolchildren in college class.…
Madagascar wants to improve its agricultural sector to achieve food self-sufficiency
While rice is the staple food of the Malagasy, Madagascar has to import 500,000 tonnes of it each year to feed its population. Saturday, June 18, near Antananarivo, then closed…
citizens mobilize after the assassination of an environmental protector
In Madagascar, civil society is mobilizing for an end to environmental crimes and for justice to be done after the assassination of one of their own on June 2. With…