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Climate change threatens Africa
afrol News, 3 April - The development of better meteorological services are crucial for Africa's development and its fight against poverty, considering its vulnerability to climate change, variability and extreme weather events, a conference of finance and economy meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa was told. Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Madagascar needs over $36M
afrol News, 4 March - United Nations agencies and their international humanitarian partners said they need more than US $36 million to provide relief to Madagascar's tens of thousands of heavy cyclone victims. Read more
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Society
Madagascar cyclone kills 22
afrol News, 21 February - At least 22 people have been confirmed dead a week after cyclone Ivan struck Madagascar. It has also left thousands of people homeless and displaced in the north-west town of Anosimahavelona. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Environment - Nature | Human rights
Conflict over Malagasy mine
afrol News, 19 October - New research carried out by international development agency, Panos London, shows that differences of understanding about a new mining project in Southern Madagascar have already led to mistrust and social conflict which, unless addressed, could escalate. Read more
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Environment - Nature | Travel - Leisure
Madagascar's Atsinanana rainforest is world heritage
afrol News, 27 June - Six national parks along the eastern part of Madagascar have been found so unique that they were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List today. The Atsinanana site represents almost all the remaining rainforest on the Great Island, and almost 90 percent of all species in the forest live no other place on earth.
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Economy - Development
Malagasy leader talks tough
afrol News, 18 May - President Marc Ravalomanana of Madagascar has called spade a spade when he told a symposium in Shanghai, China, that leadership is key to Africa’s development. Read more
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Politics | Society
Polls confirm extra powers for Madagascar President
afrol News, 9 April - The Interior Ministry of Madagascar yesterday published the preliminary official results of the last Wednesday’s referendum. It was announced that over 75 percent of the electorate mandated the government to effect constitutional changes, which among others, accelerates the powers of President Marc Ravalomanana. Read more
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Gender - Women
Malagasy vote on President’s powers
afrol News, 4 April - Voters in the Indian Ocean Island of Madagascar are voting in a constitutional referendum which accelerates the powers of President Marc Ravalomanana. The proposed laws will allow the Malagasy President to make laws without going through the parliament any time he declares a state of emergency.
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Environment - Nature
Madagascar protects "spectacular" wetlands
afrol News, 22 January - The Malagasy government has decided to protect what environmentalists call one of the island's "most spectacular wildlife areas." The decree, signed by President Marc Ravalomanana, came into effect this week and protects the Mahavavy-Kinkony Wetlands.
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Politics | Society
Madagascar "coup leader" rounded up
afrol News, 13 December - Officials in Madagascar today announced the arrest of a top military officer accused of trying to dislodge President Marc Ravalomanana from power through the barrel of the gun last month. The officer has always held that the alleged "coup attempt" was only a "misunderstanding" and that he had meant to do no such thing.
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Politics
Madagascar President to win "fair polls"
afrol News, 6 December - It seems the incumbent President Marc Ravalomanana is on the verge of sweeping the Sunday President polls. While final results would not be disclosed until 20 days later, Mr Ravalomanana has already polled over 65 percent of the votes, a figure slightly below the previous results of over 70 percent. Observers mainly praise the polls.
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Politics
Madagascar opposition demands election observers
afrol News, 9 November - Madagascar is to elect its President in only three weeks, and so far no foreign election observer mission has decided to monitor the polls and their preparation. Two opposition candidates have called for foreign observer missions, with no response so far. Today, candidate Elia Ravelomanantsoa urged France, the AU and the Francophonie to take action to avoid "a civil war" in Madagascar.
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Society
Six succumb to Madagascar plane crash
afrol News, 25 October - At least six people have died in a Wednesday morning plane crash in Madagascar's south-west. The light plane crashed shortly after it took off, witnesses confirmed. Two pilots of the plane who were Madagascans died along with four foreign passengers.
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» 28.02.2006 - Three new lemur species identified in Madagascar
» 08.02.2006 - Chikungunya epidemic spreads in Indian Ocean
» 04.11.2005 - IMF pressure on Madagascar to raise taxes
» 22.07.2005 - Indian Ocean nations intensify cooperation
» 27.05.2005 - Attacks on Madagascar press intensify
» 21.03.2005 - Madagascar thunderstorms damaged food production
» 03.03.2005 - "Greater pressure on Madagascar's media"
» 01.02.2005 - Madagascar receives cyclone aid
» 21.01.2005 - Madagascar to curb illegal logging
» 17.12.2004 - Britain closes Lesotho, Madagascar, Swaziland embassies
» 16.11.2004 - Madagascar gets more debt relief
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