Cyclone Freddy has already caused more than 100 deaths in Malawi and Mozambique
Tropical Cyclone Freddy’s new passage through southern Africa has caused at least 99 deaths in southern Malawi and eight in Mozambique since Sunday, according to […]
Madagascar
Madagascar: 30 people died after tropical storm hit Africa’s largest island
A tropical storm has killed at least 30 people in Madagascar, the country’s authority for disaster and risk management has indicated. The agency announced that […]
Madagascar: Thirty-two people killed by cattle rustlers, army deployed
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. […]