Africa Madagascar Jirama, the national water and electricity company, is facing increasing difficulties at the Andekaleka hydropower plant after two more transformers broke down, making electricity supply in and around the capital even more complicated
Africa Madagascar The 'unprecedented' fires of recent months in Ankarafantsika National Park are threatening livelihoods and lemurs; they are also drying up the landscape and reducing harvests in neighbouring communities, with knock-on effects for nearby forests
Africa Madagascar The large, centuries-old baobab trees are used in the Mahafaly plateau, the country's driest region, as cisterns to cope with the growing water shortage
Africa Madagascar SPI/FilmBox and Axian Group have signed a distribution agreement that makes four SPI channels available in the country; viewers will be able to watch FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, DocuBox and FightBox in the Premium package
Africa Madagascar According to an investigation carried out in several regions by Transparency International, favouritism and bad governance have been detected in the work of Jirama, the public electricity and water distribution company
Africa Madagascar The lychee harvest campaign has begun in the Atsinanana region; according to the authorities of the city of Toamasina, more than 1.500 lychee pickers are taking part
Africa Madagascar The World Food Programme has reported that successive years of extreme weather events have plunged thousands of people in the country into what officials have described as the world's first climate-induced famine
Africa Madagascar Air Austral's first official flight, which reopens the country's borders for flights from the Indian Ocean, is scheduled for today; passengers from Europe are expected to arrive from 6 November onwards
Africa Madagascar A reforestation program is underway in the Tsitongambarika forest, in an attempt to replace lost woods; it is estimated that the country has lost almost 40% of its forests during the last 60 years
Africa Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has been appointed as a champion of family planning, seen as an important lever for development, and signed the country's commitments and their official integration into the Family Planning 2030 initiative
Africa Madagascar 4.106 candidates will compete to become tenured teachers in a new special recruitment competition launched by the Ministry of Education; the state plans to hire 1.075 professionals after the exam
Africa Madagascar Despite all difficulties linked to distance learning, the bachelor exams in Antananarivo resulted in a 58,48% success, higher than previous years: 46.325 students have passed the tests
Africa Madagascar A 17-month state of emergency linked to Covid-19 ended as virus cases dropped to a minimum