Tag: Madagascar
in Ankatso, student anger simmers in the face of repeated power cuts
In Madagascar, spontaneous demonstrations have been breaking out for several days in the capital against power cuts. At Ankatso, the country’s largest public university, students burned tires and erected stone…
Gad Bensalem, winner of the RFI Theater Prize 2024 for “Child”, a Malagasy story
In ChildMalagasy author and slammer Gad Bensalem tells with power and poetry the story of a son in search of his father and the history of his country. With this…
in Antananarivo, political forces reveal their municipal candidate at the last minute
The submission of applications for future mayors and municipal councilors is now finished in Madagascar. The case of Antananarivo, a city contested by the regime and the opposition, was particularly…
Justice rejects Marc Ravalomanana’s appeal
In turn, the administrative court of Anosy rejected, on Sunday, September 22, the request filed by the party of the former president to allow him to run for mayor of…
Marc Ravalomanana denounces political maneuvers behind the rejection of his candidacy in the municipal elections
In Madagascar, former president Marc Ravalomanana will go all the way to run for mayor of Antananarivo. A promise he made to his supporters on Saturday, September 21, during a…
In Antananarivo, an exhibition and a festival to raise awareness of the cause of women
How to commemorate Malagasy women? How to allow them to tell their stories, to re-appropriate history through their own stories? In Antananarivo, an exhibition and a festival both called “Vavy”…
towards an extension of the deadline to apply due to lack of candidates
In Madagascar, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) plans to extend the deadline for submitting applications for the local and municipal elections scheduled for December 11 by one week, until…
‘Locally managed marine areas’ lead to record catches for octopus fishermen
In Madagascar, efforts to preserve marine resources are bearing fruit. Vezo fishermen in the Great Southwest are seeing remarkable success this year: they have caught a volume of octopuses never…
Like the Bara, a researcher proposes to treat locusts as “a plant” and not as a scourge
A better study of the customs and beliefs of the different Malagasy peoples could allow us to act more pertinently in terms of environmental preservation and disaster management. This is…
Madagascar: opening of the submission of candidacies for the municipal and communal elections
In Madagascar, this Thursday, September 5, the filing of applications for the municipal and communal elections of December 2024 opens. Competitors now have fifteen days to submit their complete file…