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Madagascar: Thirty-two people killed by cattle rustlers, army deployed

August 1, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Cattle rustlers in Madagascar killed at least 32 people by setting fire to homes in a village north of the capital Antananarivo, with the Malagasy […]

Madagascar: Rajoelina appoints new government

March 18, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina made a cabinet reshuffle, the fifth in three years. In the end, there was no major upheaval: the Head of State […]

Madagascar: Traffickers arrested with 49 kilos of gold bars in their possession

December 31, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Three men, including two Malagasy, were arrested at customs at Moroni international airport in the Comoros on 28 December, with 49 kilos of gold bars […]

Malagasy minister swims for hours after helicopter crash

December 22, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Madagascar’s Secretary of State for the Gendarmerie, General Serge Gellé, swam nearly 12 hours to reach the shore after the helicopter carrying him crashed into […]

Madagascar: All ministers dismissed for unsatisfactory performance

August 13, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

President Andry Rajoelina dismissed all his ministers, days after expressing dissatisfaction with their performance. A major cleanup that also comes shortly after the announcement that […]

Madagascar: Prosecutor confirms the preparation of a coup d’Etat

August 2, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Almost a fortnight after the arrest of the two Frenchmen on charges of undermining State security, the prosecutor at the Antananarivo Court of Appeal, Berthine […]

Madagascar: Two Frenchmen arrested in assassination attempt of President Rajoelina

July 23, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Malagasy prosecutor’s office announced to have foiled an assassination attempt of the president of the Republic Andry Rajoelina, and arrested several persons “foreign and […]

Madagascar: Employees of anti-Covid centers demand their salary, strike looming

July 14, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Nearly 700 employees at seven anti-covid centers in Madagascar who have still not received their salaries, or only partially, are threatening to stage a strike. […]