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Leprosy Making a Comeback in Madagascar
Mamysoa realized she had a problem after she stepped too close to the fire. “I burned my foot quite badly, but it hardly hurt at all,” she recalled. The 20-year-old housekeeper recently became one of five new cases of leprosy that Abdoul Zamandrahengo...
Elections Could be Held in Crisis-hit Madagascar in the Next 12 Months
Elections could be held in crisis-hit Madagascar in the next 12 months following recent regional-led talks in the capital Antananarivo, South African International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman told reporters in Cape Town on...
Madagascar School Girls Turn to Sex to Earn School Fees
The ambition of 16-year-old Madagascan schoolgirl Nadine (name changed) is to open a clothes boutique after completing a college course in textile design, but in the meantime, along with eight of her friends, she has turned to sex work to pay her tuition...
Attempted Coup Reported in Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar’s Highest Transitional Authority (HAT), has reaffirmed control of the country despite an alleged attempted coup d’etat in the Indian Ocean island country.
MADAGASCAR: ‘May You have Seven Sons And Seven Daughters’
In a tiny shack in Ankilibory village, southern Madagascar, Herintsoa, just 16 years old, recently gave birth to her second child, but it was easy compared to the first one, which she had when she was 14. “That was a lot more painful. I did it at...
MADAGASCAR: Will AU Sanctions be a ‘wake-up Call’
True to its word, the African Union (AU) has announced the imposition of sanctions against Madagascar’s “de facto authorities” – exactly a year after Andry Rajoelina, backed by the military, ousted former President Marc Ravalomanana. Read...
International Crisis Group Threatens Additional Measures And Sanctions Against Madagascar
The International Crisis Group (ICG) on Madagascar meeting in Addis Ababa has threatened to take additional measures and sanctions against Madagascar. The ICG, which comprise the European Union, the African Union, and other regional and international...
Madagascar’s President Sacks Consensus Prime Minister
Madagascar’s consensus Prime Minister, Eugene Mangalaza has been dismissed following his return from Maputo (Mozambique) where he had participated along with leaders of the three political movements and other heads of institutions of the transition...
