Madagascar

The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking the Malagasy government to join the Covax initiative, which provides free coronavirus vaccines. Madagascar has seen a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in several regions for several weeks, but despite this, President Rajoelina has continued to highlight your local remedy, CVO, an herbal…

President Rajoelina spoke on national television and radio on Saturday, March 20th. The country, which has been exposed to another wave of pollution in recent weeks, has registered a total of 22,275 cases of coronavirus, including 345 deaths. Another wave amplified by the presence of the South African variant, the head of state said. During his intervention, the head of state in particular tried to…

In the last two weeks, a year after the arrival of Covid-19 in Madagascar, the country has experienced the second wave of the epidemic. But the government does not take a stand on the vaccine and the Covax operation and prefers to rely on Covid organic substances, the artemisia-based remedy launched by Andry Rajoelina a year ago.…

Studies of environmental impact have shown that 10% of the world's electricity is used by computers to power, among other things, the Internet and its networks. Every year, 900 million tonnes of CO2 are generated by “digital waste” - emails, music and photos stored in the cloud. In Madagascar, the environmental association "Let's Do It Madagascar" organized an information meeting on Wednesday, March 1,…

In Madagascar, it's a short video that has not stopped running on social networks since this weekend. This is the funeral of a young domestic worker at the non-Muslim cemetery in Jubai, Saudi Arabia. The young woman's body, wrapped in a single white sheet, is buried using a bulldozer. Images that aroused emotion and indignation among a population that respected funeral rituals, and which in turn revive…

House dancing, locking, popping or even top rock, it is in front of a full house that the artists compete for these street dances whose figures are exclusively attached standing. A rare space where young people have their place, Jessica, 15, notes: “Standing dance gives us young Madagascans the opportunity to develop and show that we have things to say. That's why I'm very involved in this dance. When I am angry, melancholy or happy, I express it with this art. There are not many places dedicated…

Faced with the easing of the population in terms of barrier movements and the resurgence of the epidemic throughout the territory, especially in the center and north of the country, the National Gendarmerie has just announced the resumption of old regulations decided by the Ministries of Interior and health. It is clear, social distance, sanctions for not wearing a mask and above all the obligation to bury the dead from Covid or suspected of having died by Covid at their place of death. A hard blow to the Malagasy people,…

Usually the beginning of March rhymes with the opening of the shrimp fishery. But this year, the government has not yet announced any date.

In Madagascar, acts of embezzlement and favoritism within the Ministry of National Education have been revealed. Nearly one billion 280 million ariary or about 283,000 euros were embezzled during the year 2018. The independent anti-corruption office was contacted to conduct the investigation. On Wednesday, 22 people were referred to the judges of the anti-corruption pole.…

On August 23, 2020, a mutiny broke out in Farafangana Prison on the southeast coast of Madagascar. Of the 336 incarcerated prisoners, 88 managed to escape after bringing down a dilapidated fencing wall. It was impossible for the prison staff to prevent escape: that day only three of the seven planned guards were present, and a hunt was organized at short notice in the city. During the catch, police…